Locked Fields In Mail Merge

[Nathalie]

When I finalize my mail merge, I receive a message that says there are
locked fields in the merge than cannot be updated. How do I find which
fields/ words are locked and unlock them all? I created the merge from a
basic letter and I am unaware of any locked fields.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Peter Jamieson]

Which version of Word?

What types of field do you have in your document?

If you use Alt-F9 to show the field codes (so you see e.g. { MERGEFIELD
xyz } ) does any of them have "\!" in them?

Try selecting the whole document and using ctrl-shift-F11 to unlock all the
fields prior to merging.

 

[Nathalie]

Word 2002. I did the Alt + F9 and no ! in my fields. I have fields that I
created such as Name, Address, Contract Number, Job #, License #, etc. No
fields from the merge template itself.

 

[Peter Jamieson]

Try selecting the whole document and using ctrl-shift-F11 to unlock all
the

fields prior to merging.

Did you try this?

 

[Nathalie]

I did (sorry, I forgot to tell you that in my previous reply) and I'm still
getting the same thing. It merges anyway and my document looks to be
complete...

 

[Peter Jamieson]

OK, to be sure, you have to select the /entire/ document (control-A may be
enough, I'm not sure). i.e. you may need to select headers/footers, any text
boxes etc. which contain fields, and use ctrl-shift-F11 to unlock fields.

If you have any graphics in your document, you may also have the problem
mentioned in

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;292155

but if so, as far as I know it doesnt't quite tell the whole story.

 

[Nathalie]

Great, thanks Peter. I appreciate the feedback.

Nathalie