word 2003 mail merge / form fields - unstable - even after saving ?

[Johnnyboy5]

Hi

I have a word 2003 doc template in which I have some mail merge fields
and some form fields which populate various parts of the document.

The problem is when I mail merge client details over and then fill in
the rest of the form – and save it etc – when I reopen it asks for the
data again etc

What I want to do is to save it “WITHOUT” the mail merge – but to keep
the form fields accessible to edit due to gathering further
information etc.

What is happening now is I start to “tab” though the doc and the mail
merge data re-sets - ?

I have tried the save as “normal word doc” no joy, I have tried
select all and paste into a new doc, no joy.


Help ?

 

[macropod]

Hi Johnnyboy5,

Mailmerge really isn't meant to be used with formfields. If you were to execute the merge, you'd end up with an output document containing the mailmerge data but most (if not all) of your formfields would be gone.

What you're describing suggests that you have a mailmerge main document that, as it should, asks whether to connect to the data source each time it's opened. If you answer no to that prompt, you'll stop the prompt, but you'll also lose whatever connection you have to the datasource.