Locking Form Prevents Mail Merge; any workarounds?

I have created a fairly complicated for, with a lot of checkboxes and fields
for the recipients to fill out. I am trying to use Mail Merge to pre-populate
the form with info we already have, and to email each personalized form as an
attachment to the individual. Of course, in order for the form to act as a
form, and allow the checkbox fields to be checked, I have to lock the form.
Unfortunately, that prevents me from initiating the Mail Merge, since that
function is disabled - even when all of the merge fields are in a different,
supposedly unprotected section. Is there any way to accomplish what I am
trying to do, other than opening the attachments for 200 emails to lock
them after the merge?

See the article “Combining FormFields and Mail Merge� on the following page
of fellow MVP Graham Mayor’s website:

http://www.gmayor.com/Form_Fields_and_Mail_Merge.htm

If that information is of use to you, please do consider contributing to the
maintenance of that website to ensure its continued availability.


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Hope this helps.

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services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com
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I have created a fairly complicated for, with a lot of checkboxes and
fields
for the recipients to fill out. I am trying to use Mail Merge to
pre-populate
the form with info we already have, and to email each personalized form as
an
attachment to the individual. Of course, in order for the form to act as
a
form, and allow the checkbox fields to be checked, I have to lock the
form.
Unfortunately, that prevents me from initiating the Mail Merge, since
that
function is disabled - even when all of the merge fields are in a
different,
supposedly unprotected section. Is there any way to accomplish what I am
trying to do, other than opening the attachments for 200 emails to lock
them after the merge?