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Page number from Includetext
We have brought our document footers in using a standard piece of
includetext. I used the normal page number code but I found that on a 3 page document, it repeated '3' as the page number on all 3 pages. This bookmark in the includetext document was on the first page, so not sure why it put page 3 on the merged document unless it was doing a count of the pages rather than taking the page number - not sure how this could have happened though when I used the normal { PAGE } code. Any ideas if there's a problem with bring page numbers in through includetext? -- Helbel78 |
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So the IncludeText field is in the footer itself? Did you try specifically
updating that field? Do your document footers really change frequently? On 9/16/05 10:21 AM, "helbel78" wrote: We have brought our document footers in using a standard piece of includetext. I used the normal page number code but I found that on a 3 page document, it repeated '3' as the page number on all 3 pages. This bookmark in the includetext document was on the first page, so not sure why it put page 3 on the merged document unless it was doing a count of the pages rather than taking the page number - not sure how this could have happened though when I used the normal { PAGE } code. Any ideas if there's a problem with bring page numbers in through includetext? -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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There are problems with the Page field in general. There is a bug in Word
that is different in different versions (including different SRs). See http://www.addbalance.com/word/pagexofy.htm or http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErrors/PageXofY.htm for information on Page X of Y problems. You may also want to take a look at: http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Number...eNumbering.htm. If it applies you may also want to look at http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Numbering/PageNumber0.htm. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "helbel78" wrote in message ... We have brought our document footers in using a standard piece of includetext. I used the normal page number code but I found that on a 3 page document, it repeated '3' as the page number on all 3 pages. This bookmark in the includetext document was on the first page, so not sure why it put page 3 on the merged document unless it was doing a count of the pages rather than taking the page number - not sure how this could have happened though when I used the normal { PAGE } code. Any ideas if there's a problem with bring page numbers in through includetext? -- Helbel78 |
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The includetext statement is in the footer of the documents. Then the
standard footer is bookmarked in a separate document that contains all are includetext statements that are brought into different documents. I am starting to question whether we really want to go down the route of includetext for document footers if it's going to cause aggravation as they aren't as likely to change as the letter format for example. I agree - they probably won't change that often and if they do then we could run a find and replace macro through the docs. -- Helbel78 "Daiya Mitchell" wrote: So the IncludeText field is in the footer itself? Did you try specifically updating that field? Do your document footers really change frequently? On 9/16/05 10:21 AM, "helbel78" wrote: We have brought our document footers in using a standard piece of includetext. I used the normal page number code but I found that on a 3 page document, it repeated '3' as the page number on all 3 pages. This bookmark in the includetext document was on the first page, so not sure why it put page 3 on the merged document unless it was doing a count of the pages rather than taking the page number - not sure how this could have happened though when I used the normal { PAGE } code. Any ideas if there's a problem with bring page numbers in through includetext? -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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Thanks - will take a look!
-- Helbel78 "Charles Kenyon" wrote: There are problems with the Page field in general. There is a bug in Word that is different in different versions (including different SRs). See http://www.addbalance.com/word/pagexofy.htm or http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErrors/PageXofY.htm for information on Page X of Y problems. You may also want to take a look at: http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Number...eNumbering.htm. If it applies you may also want to look at http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Numbering/PageNumber0.htm. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "helbel78" wrote in message ... We have brought our document footers in using a standard piece of includetext. I used the normal page number code but I found that on a 3 page document, it repeated '3' as the page number on all 3 pages. This bookmark in the includetext document was on the first page, so not sure why it put page 3 on the merged document unless it was doing a count of the pages rather than taking the page number - not sure how this could have happened though when I used the normal { PAGE } code. Any ideas if there's a problem with bring page numbers in through includetext? -- Helbel78 |
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Well, your other post was talking about standardizing letters, and
includetext is definitely wrong for that because you *don't* want letters to change after you sent them out. You could also redesign the footer so that the Page field is not part of the included text. Burying Page in the middle of text seems a bit counterintuitive anyhow. e.g. a footer like so: {includetext} {page} On 9/17/05 12:44 AM, "helbel78" wrote: The includetext statement is in the footer of the documents. Then the standard footer is bookmarked in a separate document that contains all are includetext statements that are brought into different documents. I am starting to question whether we really want to go down the route of includetext for document footers if it's going to cause aggravation as they aren't as likely to change as the letter format for example. I agree - they probably won't change that often and if they do then we could run a find and replace macro through the docs. -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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Look into:
Templates - http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm AutoText -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "helbel78" wrote in message ... The includetext statement is in the footer of the documents. Then the standard footer is bookmarked in a separate document that contains all are includetext statements that are brought into different documents. I am starting to question whether we really want to go down the route of includetext for document footers if it's going to cause aggravation as they aren't as likely to change as the letter format for example. I agree - they probably won't change that often and if they do then we could run a find and replace macro through the docs. -- Helbel78 "Daiya Mitchell" wrote: So the IncludeText field is in the footer itself? Did you try specifically updating that field? Do your document footers really change frequently? On 9/16/05 10:21 AM, "helbel78" wrote: We have brought our document footers in using a standard piece of includetext. I used the normal page number code but I found that on a 3 page document, it repeated '3' as the page number on all 3 pages. This bookmark in the includetext document was on the first page, so not sure why it put page 3 on the merged document unless it was doing a count of the pages rather than taking the page number - not sure how this could have happened though when I used the normal { PAGE } code. Any ideas if there's a problem with bring page numbers in through includetext? -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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