Hi,

I have a table on a mail merge template.  I want to use AutoTextList Fields to provide drop lists for Users to select from when completing the form.  As you know, Word strips Autotext List fields from a document when it merges (lord only knows who added that stupid 'feature').

Anyway, to work around this, I had the idea to just place a key word (e.g., "Skill") as a placeholder in my Template wherever I wanted my Autotext List Field, then after executing the merge, use code to cycle through the document replacing every instance of "Skill" with { AUTOTEXTLIST "Skill" \s "Skill Ratings" \t "Right-click to rate this Skill..." } and having Word recognize it as a field and not just text.

Any ideas on soem quick code to do this?  I am guessing I should add it to the Load Event of the form.

Thanks - I could do this in snap in Access, but Word VBA is like Greek to me :)

Mitchell