Word found locked fields during update

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Hi, when I do a mail merge (Word document, Excel spreadsheet as data source, Entourage emails as the output) I get this error: "Word found locked fields during update"

I checked online and there is a knowledge base article about this for older PC versions of Office, but it is related to autoshapes. Definitely not the problem here.

Anybody have this issue as well? If I hit OK for each merge record, all ends up ok, but i'd rather not have to hit the ok button a couple hundred times each time I do this..

Thanks,
Jason

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Jason:

You can "Lock field result" by pressing Command + F11.

You need to find the field that has happened to and release the lock
(Command + Shift + F11)

Hope this helps

Hi, when I do a mail merge (Word document, Excel spreadsheet as data source,
Entourage emails as the output) I get this error: "Word found locked fields
during update"

I checked online and there is a knowledge base article about this for older PC
versions of Office, but it is related to autoshapes. Definitely not the
problem here.

Anybody have this issue as well? If I hit OK for each merge record, all ends
up ok, but i'd rather not have to hit the ok button a couple hundred times
each time I do this..

Thanks,
Jason

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