[Pete_Free]

I am doing a mail merge of invoices and want to have an invoice number that
increases by one for each invoice but the numbers must start from a
predefined starting point (say for example 243). So the invoices would be
numbered 243, 244, 245 etc etc.

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards

[Peter Jamieson]

Try Graham Mayor's page at

http://www.gmayor.com/automatic_numbering_documents.htm


Peter Jamieson

http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk

On 24/02/2010 15:21, Pete_Free wrote:
I am doing a mail merge of invoices and want to have an invoice number that
increases by one for each invoice but the numbers must start from a
predefined starting point (say for example 243). So the invoices would be
numbered 243, 244, 245 etc etc.

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

You could use the following field construction

{ = ### + { MERGEREC } }

where ### is a number one less than the first number that you want to be
used. You must use Ctrl+F9 to insert each pair of field delimiters { } and
Alt+F9 to toggle off their display.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

"Pete_Free" wrote in message
...
I am doing a mail merge of invoices and want to have an invoice number
that
increases by one for each invoice but the numbers must start from a
predefined starting point (say for example 243). So the invoices would be
numbered 243, 244, 245 etc etc.

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards

[macropod[_2_]]

Hi Peter,

You could use a MERGEREC field in conjunction with your starting number for the numbering.

For example, the values returned by those fields can be added to a constant, eg:
{QUOTE{={MERGEREC}+1000}}
Alternatively, can enhance the field code with an ASK field to solicit the starting #, eg:
{QUOTE{ASK Offset "What is the starting Invoice #?" \o}{SET Val {MERGEREC}}{=Offset+Val}}

Note: The field brace pairs (ie '{ }') for the above examples are created via Ctrl-F9 - you can't simply type them or copy & paste
them from this message.


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Cheers
macropod
[Microsoft MVP - Word]


"Pete_Free" wrote in message ...
I am doing a mail merge of invoices and want to have an invoice number that
increases by one for each invoice but the numbers must start from a
predefined starting point (say for example 243). So the invoices would be
numbered 243, 244, 245 etc etc.

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards