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On merge,"Same as Previous" re-enabled and section2 header overwri
[Word 2002 Mail Merge with Excel 2002 data source]
[PROBLEM] The text for the 2nd section header gets overwritten with the text from the 1st section header when I click on either "View Merged Data" or "Merge to New Document", even though "Same as Previous" had been disabled. [BACKGROUND] I have a multi-section document. 1st pg ends with a Next Page section break. 2nd page includes one of many files based on the state, i.e. {INCLUDETEXT "i:\\endorse\\{MERGEFIELD "Policy_State"}.doc"} and ends with a Next Page section break. Each included doc also contains one or more sections, each of which may contain its own header. [STEPS TO REPRODUCE] 1-View, Header and Footer; 2-Click in section 2 header (initially showing text from section 1 header, and "Same as Previous"); 3-Click on "Same as Previous" button to disable it for section 2; 4-Delete text in section 2 header; 5-Click one of the merge buttons == The text from section1 header appears back in section2 header, and "Same as Previous" appears over section2 header again. (Note: Same result for 5-Save, close, and re-open the file.) [DESIRED RESULT] I want each section to keep its own header. (Note: I've used this technique before without this problem in a different master file. Obviously I've messed something up in this doc, but what?) Please help! Gordon |
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On merge,"Same as Previous" re-enabled and section2 header overwri
Hi ?B?V2FyZXdlbGw=?=,
[DESIRED RESULT] I want each section to keep its own header. (Note: I've used this technique before without this problem in a different master file. Obviously I've messed something up in this doc, but what?) Well, since this setting is controlled by section breaks, you're probably getting a section break in there where this isn't set. This could be in one of the IncludeText files. Or perhaps a section break in one of the files that's NOT of the type "New page" (and therefore the headers/footers have never been opened and changed). Also suspect would be the very last section break in a document - the last paragraph mark. You can't really affect this setting for that; one thing to try would be putting a continuous section break at the end of every file involved, and making sure the second to last section (controlled by that break) has the correct setting. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |