Computer Problems? Computing.Net has over 1,000,000 posts about all things technology related! Over 90% answered within 24 hours! Click here to start participating now! Also, be sure to check out the New User Guide.
protect and mail merge
Name: illu510n Date: July 29, 2003 at 06:52:02 Pacific OS: win2k CPU/Ram: p4/256
Comment:
Hi there,
I have a problem and maybe you could help me out. I have a mail merged document which I partially wish to protect from altering. When I protect the document, I can protect sections of the document. The thing is that when I protect the document, I can't mail merge anymore, even though the parts that need to be merged are unprotected. The mail merge taskbar is simply grayed out. Is this an office limitation or is there another way to achieve my goal. Thanx in advance!!
Name: RayMan Date: July 29, 2003 at 07:27:19 Pacific
Reply:
even though only parts of the merge database are protected, word doesn't detect the unprotected areas. During a merge, word has to use pointers to keep track of where it is in the list. in order to do that the file can't be protected (read only).
Summary: I am trying to do a mail merge in Word 2002 with Access 2002, and I need to use formulas. For example, I need to have a table where I can enter a number of students, and have them multiplied by 1500. ...
Summary: I have noticed a couple of problem when using mail merge in Word 2002. I can complete the merge without any problems, but when I go to print a sample of the resultant merge, nothing happens. I can pri...
Summary: Can anyone help. We are running Word & Excel 97 on Windows XP. We have a database in Excel and use it for mail merge with Word files. This has always worked until today, when I am getting the mes...
0 
