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Problem: Some, but not all, of the form fields on my Word 2007 master document disappear during mail merge.

Background: Last year I merged student data from Excel into a Word document to create 150 report documents for teachers to complete. I have on my hard drive the original documents and the merged documents. Both have drop down lists (for grades) and text boxes (for comments).

Current situation: When I mail merge now, the drop down menus appear in the merged document but not the text boxes. A few hours of experimentation turned up no solution and a search on the web brings a consensus that Form Fields and Merge Documents are incompatible. But the drop down menus are arriving unscathed and I have proof I achieved it less than six months ago!

I've recorded a macro that replaces the 'remains' (4 spaces) of the text box with a new (working) form but besides being inelegant its frustrating knowing that somehow I've already solved this.

Any thoughts , suggestions, (or access to a working time machine) would be appreciated.

Cheers, Tim Tuck