Fields become text and bookmarks vanish with merge (Word 2000/XP)

**DesertKris** · 2003-09-26 00:13

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**jscher2000** · 2003-09-26 02:06

In the past, someone posted a Microsoft KB article conceding that yes, merging could mess with your fields (non-merge fields). I suppose you might be able to fool word by saving the fields as AutoText entries and using AutoText fields, if Word doesn't drill down into those. <img src=/S/grin.gif border=0 alt=grin width=15 height=15> As a person who merges as seldom as possible, I trust you will find better advice from other Loungers.

**Andrew Lockton** · 2003-09-26 02:17

Do you lose your fields if they are locked prior to the merging? If they are preserved then it should be pretty easy to unlock and update them after the merger.

**DesertKris** · 2003-09-26 04:39

I tried locking the fields. I got a message that word could not update locked fields. It replaced them anyhow. <img src=/S/smash.gif border=0 alt=smash width=30 height=26>

I will try the very long code I found on MS and see if it works. If it does - I will post a link.

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