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Formating, merging, drawing lines, page numbers
I put this in the General group, since there are several topics this touches.
I'm trying to create sign-in sheets for a series of meetings we have on a regular basis. For the last set of meetings, I did this with mail merge successfully, but would like to make it easier for the next 10 sets of meetings we will be having. Also, the format of the page, while functional, is hardly worth admiring. I used the merge feature to bring in the date, time, session name, and teams invited at the top of the page. Under that heading, I placed a series of lines in two columns. It took a number of tries with different methods to get that, but the formatting is not very stable. Any changes anywhere, and it gets thrown off. So my first question: Is there a best way to get the two columns of horizontal lines with a fairly stable format? Next, I want to set up a template that I can use. Each time we have these sets of meetings, I need to create new sign-in sheets. The meetings in each block of meetings vary on date, topics, times, etc. I'm not sure how to set up a template from scratch. Third: Once I merge the file, I want to print out all the pages, but I would like the footer to have a page number so I can quickly put the pages back in order. Last time, I had to go page by page, since each "merge" was a new section. Is there an easier way to have consecutive numbers on the pages? I suppose I could have consecutive numbers in my Excel file and just pull those into the footer, but is there a way in Word to number the sections consecutively as though they were page numbers? Fourth: I also want to set up a template for the files we will be taking minutes in. The goal here is to have a standard format for the minutes and to fill in information ahead of time such as the scheduled meeting time, date, topic, etc. What I did last time is use the merge function to create a large file that contained the shell for one meeting's minutes on each page. Then I copied each page into a new file so that I had one file for each of the meetings. Is there an easier way to do this? At least I had no problem with the merge itself, using an existing Excel file for the data source. That part was slick. Thanks for any help you can give me. |
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Formating, merging, drawing lines, page numbers
1. Some ways to get lines: Use a three-column table with bottom borders on
the cells in the first and third columns. Use underlined tabs or tabs with underline leaders; skip one tab in the center. 2. A template is just a document saved as a .dot file. Delete any text that won't appear in every document based on it. You may want to use MacroButton fields as indications of where to plug in information (see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFm...acroButton.htm). 3. If each section is a single page, you could put the section number in the footer as a page number. -- 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. "vimesfan" wrote in message ... I put this in the General group, since there are several topics this touches. I'm trying to create sign-in sheets for a series of meetings we have on a regular basis. For the last set of meetings, I did this with mail merge successfully, but would like to make it easier for the next 10 sets of meetings we will be having. Also, the format of the page, while functional, is hardly worth admiring. I used the merge feature to bring in the date, time, session name, and teams invited at the top of the page. Under that heading, I placed a series of lines in two columns. It took a number of tries with different methods to get that, but the formatting is not very stable. Any changes anywhere, and it gets thrown off. So my first question: Is there a best way to get the two columns of horizontal lines with a fairly stable format? Next, I want to set up a template that I can use. Each time we have these sets of meetings, I need to create new sign-in sheets. The meetings in each block of meetings vary on date, topics, times, etc. I'm not sure how to set up a template from scratch. Third: Once I merge the file, I want to print out all the pages, but I would like the footer to have a page number so I can quickly put the pages back in order. Last time, I had to go page by page, since each "merge" was a new section. Is there an easier way to have consecutive numbers on the pages? I suppose I could have consecutive numbers in my Excel file and just pull those into the footer, but is there a way in Word to number the sections consecutively as though they were page numbers? Fourth: I also want to set up a template for the files we will be taking minutes in. The goal here is to have a standard format for the minutes and to fill in information ahead of time such as the scheduled meeting time, date, topic, etc. What I did last time is use the merge function to create a large file that contained the shell for one meeting's minutes on each page. Then I copied each page into a new file so that I had one file for each of the meetings. Is there an easier way to do this? At least I had no problem with the merge itself, using an existing Excel file for the data source. That part was slick. Thanks for any help you can give me. |
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Thank you for your answer. This is the information I needed.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: 1. Some ways to get lines: Use a three-column table with bottom borders on the cells in the first and third columns. Use underlined tabs or tabs with underline leaders; skip one tab in the center. 2. A template is just a document saved as a .dot file. Delete any text that won't appear in every document based on it. You may want to use MacroButton fields as indications of where to plug in information (see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFm...acroButton.htm). 3. If each section is a single page, you could put the section number in the footer as a page number. -- 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. "vimesfan" wrote in message ... I put this in the General group, since there are several topics this touches. I'm trying to create sign-in sheets for a series of meetings we have on a regular basis. For the last set of meetings, I did this with mail merge successfully, but would like to make it easier for the next 10 sets of meetings we will be having. Also, the format of the page, while functional, is hardly worth admiring. I used the merge feature to bring in the date, time, session name, and teams invited at the top of the page. Under that heading, I placed a series of lines in two columns. It took a number of tries with different methods to get that, but the formatting is not very stable. Any changes anywhere, and it gets thrown off. So my first question: Is there a best way to get the two columns of horizontal lines with a fairly stable format? Next, I want to set up a template that I can use. Each time we have these sets of meetings, I need to create new sign-in sheets. The meetings in each block of meetings vary on date, topics, times, etc. I'm not sure how to set up a template from scratch. Third: Once I merge the file, I want to print out all the pages, but I would like the footer to have a page number so I can quickly put the pages back in order. Last time, I had to go page by page, since each "merge" was a new section. Is there an easier way to have consecutive numbers on the pages? I suppose I could have consecutive numbers in my Excel file and just pull those into the footer, but is there a way in Word to number the sections consecutively as though they were page numbers? Fourth: I also want to set up a template for the files we will be taking minutes in. The goal here is to have a standard format for the minutes and to fill in information ahead of time such as the scheduled meeting time, date, topic, etc. What I did last time is use the merge function to create a large file that contained the shell for one meeting's minutes on each page. Then I copied each page into a new file so that I had one file for each of the meetings. Is there an easier way to do this? At least I had no problem with the merge itself, using an existing Excel file for the data source. That part was slick. Thanks for any help you can give me. |
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