[Millieac]

I am trying to create a catalog of information on different systems that will
include page numbering for the whole document and a Table of Contents. I have
the data in an excel spreadsheet and thought it would be straightforward
using mail merge in word. However, the final merged document still behaves as
a series of individual documents. I cannot get the document to number from
1-128. It keeps numbering 1-3 ( the number of pages that it took to document
each separate system).

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Use a Directory type mail merge main document.

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

"Millieac" wrote in message
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I am trying to create a catalog of information on different systems that
will
include page numbering for the whole document and a Table of Contents. I
have
the data in an excel spreadsheet and thought it would be straightforward
using mail merge in word. However, the final merged document still behaves
as
a series of individual documents. I cannot get the document to number from
1-128. It keeps numbering 1-3 ( the number of pages that it took to
document
each separate system).

[Millieac]

How do I do that? It would be easier.
I did figure out a work-around. After merging the documents into one long
document, I did a find and replace and replaced the section breaks with a
manual page break. This broke the numbering by section.

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Use a Directory type mail merge main document.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

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

"Millieac" wrote in message
...
I am trying to create a catalog of information on different systems that
will
include page numbering for the whole document and a Table of Contents. I
have
the data in an excel spreadsheet and thought it would be straightforward
using mail merge in word. However, the final merged document still behaves
as
a series of individual documents. I cannot get the document to number from
1-128. It keeps numbering 1-3 ( the number of pages that it took to
document
each separate system).

[Millieac]

I found the directory, but it causes problems with the outline numbering in
my document. What I need to happen is to format ALL the footers in the
document to link to the previous so that the page numbering will sequence.

"Millieac" wrote:

How do I do that? It would be easier.
I did figure out a work-around. After merging the documents into one long
document, I did a find and replace and replaced the section breaks with a
manual page break. This broke the numbering by section.

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Use a Directory type mail merge main document.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

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

"Millieac" wrote in message
...
I am trying to create a catalog of information on different systems that
will
include page numbering for the whole document and a Table of Contents. I
have
the data in an excel spreadsheet and thought it would be straightforward
using mail merge in word. However, the final merged document still behaves
as
a series of individual documents. I cannot get the document to number from
1-128. It keeps numbering 1-3 ( the number of pages that it took to
document
each separate system).