Re: word 2002 once a letter is merged i can not edit it unless i u

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From: philip carr (philipcarr_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/05/05 

Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 07:01:09 -0800

No matter where the cursor is before you merge once merged it appears at the
top of the , page lefthand side.I can not then select any text , move the
cursor , or type any text into the letter unless of course I un merge first.

Regards

Philip Carr

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

> There is no setting that I know of that would cause this. What happens if
> you use Ctrl+A? Is all of the text in the document selected? If so, what
> happens if you then press the left arrow key? is the cursor then located at
> the beginning of the document? And can you then move it anywhere in the
> document?
>
> --
> Please post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for the
> benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded
> directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis.
>
> Hope this helps
> Doug Robbins - Word MVP
> "philip carr" <philipcarr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F303F68B-D917-4A70-B507-EAA204B09E2F@microsoft.com...
> > Once merge is complete I can not then edit the letter ie I can not place
> > the
> > cursor in the text. I used to be able to make edits after merging with
> > previous word edition.
> >
> > I often merge a letter to say 10 customers once merged I somtimes find the
> > text does not look correct because of the differing sizes of the merged
> > content and so before printing I would like to be able to insrt and elte
> > spaces to correct the layout.
> >
> > As I say I used to be able to do this and I am not sure whats happened ,
> > maybe its just a setting preference that I do not Know about?
> >
> >
> > Regards
> >
> >
> > Philip Carr
> > "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:
> >
> >> That should not be the case. Once a merge is executed to a new document,
> >> that new document no longer has any connection with the merge process.
> >>
> >> I am not sure what you mean by "unless i un m." in your subject line.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Please post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for the
> >> benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded
> >> directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis.
> >>
> >> Hope this helps
> >> Doug Robbins - Word MVP
> >> "philip carr" <philip carr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:DDBB1692-6D2F-4F18-89C9-FD4818CB573F@microsoft.com...
> >> >I often merge a number of letters at once and sometims need to edit just
> >> >one
> >> > of the letters I used to be able to do this with word 2000 but in word
> >> > 2002
> >> > the letter/s once merged seem to be locked
> >>
> >>
>
>

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