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merged documents with numbered lists in text boxes
Is there a way to merge a document that has a numbered list in a text box to
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Text boxes are in the graphics layer of the document and unlikely to be seen
by the merge. You need to use frames or table cells instead. As for your list issue, you would need to explain better what you are trying to do, however note that a merge starts at the beginning of the data file and continues to the end. It cannot step back through the records. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Marilyn wrote: Is there a way to merge a document that has a numbered list in a text box to start over at the beginning of the next document? |
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Marilyn doesn't want to "step back through the records." She has a (Letter?)
merge that includes a numbered list. As each new "letter" is created, the numbered list continues the numbering of the previous list, so that the first letter, for example, has 1, 2, 3, the next has 4, 5, 6, and so on. I don't know how this could be handled, but that's the issue, I believe. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Text boxes are in the graphics layer of the document and unlikely to be seen by the merge. You need to use frames or table cells instead. As for your list issue, you would need to explain better what you are trying to do, however note that a merge starts at the beginning of the data file and continues to the end. It cannot step back through the records. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Marilyn wrote: Is there a way to merge a document that has a numbered list in a text box to start over at the beginning of the next document? |
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Hi Graham, my problem is exactly how Suzanne responded. Thanks
"Graham Mayor" wrote: Text boxes are in the graphics layer of the document and unlikely to be seen by the merge. You need to use frames or table cells instead. As for your list issue, you would need to explain better what you are trying to do, however note that a merge starts at the beginning of the data file and continues to the end. It cannot step back through the records. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Marilyn wrote: Is there a way to merge a document that has a numbered list in a text box to start over at the beginning of the next document? |
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Thanks Suzanne. That is exactly what the problem is. I guess I didn't
explain it clearly enough. I actually have 2 different sources. The one with the actual letter works fine as the "start over" command works, but does not work in the text box. I had to use the text box as it prints on a form with a number of merges onto a pre-printed form. I found it much easier to get the boxes to line up much easier than using the advance codes. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Marilyn doesn't want to "step back through the records." She has a (Letter?) merge that includes a numbered list. As each new "letter" is created, the numbered list continues the numbering of the previous list, so that the first letter, for example, has 1, 2, 3, the next has 4, 5, 6, and so on. I don't know how this could be handled, but that's the issue, I believe. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Text boxes are in the graphics layer of the document and unlikely to be seen by the merge. You need to use frames or table cells instead. As for your list issue, you would need to explain better what you are trying to do, however note that a merge starts at the beginning of the data file and continues to the end. It cannot step back through the records. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Marilyn wrote: Is there a way to merge a document that has a numbered list in a text box to start over at the beginning of the next document? |
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I don't think the text box is really the relevant issue here, but note that
you could equally well use a frame or a wrapped table cell, either of which can be positioned precisely. As for how to get the numbering to restart, have a look at http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Numbering/...artMethods.htm to see if there's anything there that you could use (the dummy higher-level style is what I would recommend). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Marilyn" wrote in message ... Thanks Suzanne. That is exactly what the problem is. I guess I didn't explain it clearly enough. I actually have 2 different sources. The one with the actual letter works fine as the "start over" command works, but does not work in the text box. I had to use the text box as it prints on a form with a number of merges onto a pre-printed form. I found it much easier to get the boxes to line up much easier than using the advance codes. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Marilyn doesn't want to "step back through the records." She has a (Letter?) merge that includes a numbered list. As each new "letter" is created, the numbered list continues the numbering of the previous list, so that the first letter, for example, has 1, 2, 3, the next has 4, 5, 6, and so on. I don't know how this could be handled, but that's the issue, I believe. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Text boxes are in the graphics layer of the document and unlikely to be seen by the merge. You need to use frames or table cells instead. As for your list issue, you would need to explain better what you are trying to do, however note that a merge starts at the beginning of the data file and continues to the end. It cannot step back through the records. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Marilyn wrote: Is there a way to merge a document that has a numbered list in a text box to start over at the beginning of the next document? |
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