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Merge Document Properties?
Is it possible to merge document properties? I am using Excel 2007 and Word
2007, and would like to be able to set the "Category" property of the merged word documents via the merge itself using a column in my Excel range. Thanks! |
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Merge Document Properties?
Well, you can update the value of some document properties using a field,
e.g. { KEYWORDS "set this to my keywords" } or { INFO KEYWORDS "set this to my keywords" } but a. I think the merge output document will have the keywords value that exists in the mail merge main document when you start the merge. The { KEYWORDS } and { INFO KEYWORDS } fields will not survive b. the Category property does not work that way (only a few of the properties do) and no custom document properties work that way. c. you would in any case need to decide which record's category should determine the category of the output document. So d. I think you would need to use code to set the value in the output document e. if what you really want to do is merge to a new document then split the document into sepparate letters/documents, each with its own category, you might be able to adapt the approach described by Doug Robbins/Graham Mayor at http://www.gmayor.com/individual_merge_letters.htm -- Peter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk "tomorrows_man" wrote in message ... Is it possible to merge document properties? I am using Excel 2007 and Word 2007, and would like to be able to set the "Category" property of the merged word documents via the merge itself using a column in my Excel range. Thanks! |
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