MailMerge and forms

[mintjulep]

I'm trying to use Mail Merge to create a bunch of questionnaire Word Forms.

I want to generate one form per question. I'll have a spreadsheet with a list of questions and some identifiers for each question.

I've made my Main document / form and inserted the mail merge forms that I need.

I've also inserted {FORMTEXT} fields where I want the responses to the question entered.

However, after I Merge to a new document the {FORMTEXT} fields are not in the merged document.

For reference, {CONTROL Forms.CheckBox} fields survive the merge.

How can I get the {FORMTEXT} fields to be in the resultant merged document? Alternately, would another field type be a better choice?

 

[mintjulep]

{FORMCHECKBOX} and {FORMDROPDOWN}

fields both survive the merge.

This is annoying.

 

[macropod]

Hi mintjulep,

Essentially, mailmerge and formfields are incompatible. Whilst checkbox and dropdown formfeilds may survive, and bookmark refernces they use/set (and cross-referfence fields to them) will likewise be deleted by the mailmerge process. You can work around these limitations by placing markers in your document where the various fields should go, then populate them with the corresponding formfields & REF fields via vba once the mailmerge has been run.

Cheers

[MS MVP - Word]

 

[mintjulep]

Thanks,

That's exactly what I wound up doing.