As long as each printed document corresponds to a single record in your
Excel data source, you could try the following macro. I've tested this macro
without the "per copy" loop, but not with that extra loop, so there could be
errors in the
Sub PrintXDocsPerSourceRec()
Dim intCopies As Integer
Dim intCopy As Integer
Dim intSourceRecord As Integer
Dim objMerge As Word.MailMerge
'Dim strOutputDocumentName As String
Dim TerminateMerge As Boolean
' Need to set up this object as the ActiveDocument changes when the
' merge is performed.
Set objMerge = ActiveDocument.MailMerge
With objMerge
' If no data source has been defined, do it here using OpenDataSource.
' But if it is already defined in the document, you should not need
' to define it here.
' .OpenDataSource _
' Name:="whatever"
intSourceRecord = 1
TerminateMerge = False
Do Until TerminateMerge
.DataSource.ActiveRecord = intSourceRecord
' Get the number of copies to print.
' Let's assume the number is in a column called "CopyCount"
' make sure you use exactly the same field name here
' - upper/lower case is significant
intCopies = .DataSource.DataFields("CopyCount").Value
' if we have gone past the end (and possibly, if there are no records)
' then the Activerecord will not be what we have just tried to set it to
If .DataSource.ActiveRecord intSourceRecord Then
TerminateMerge = True
' the record exists
Else
For intCopy = 1 To intCopies
.DataSource.FirstRecord = intSourceRecord
.DataSource.LastRecord = intSourceRecord
.Destination = wdSendToPrinter
.Execute
Next
intSourceRecord = intSourceRecord + 1
End If
Loop
End With
End Sub
If you haven't used Word VBA Macros before, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/CreateAMacro.htm
--
Peter Jamieson
http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk
"mar.s.i." wrote in message
...
i have a word document and excel file as datasource for mailmerging.
what i want to accomplish is to mailmerge the document
printing (n times) based on datasource column per record.
is it possible?
thanks a lot