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if not working in footer
Hi,
I'm using Word 2007. I have a template set up with merge fields that are of variable length. I have a different 1st page header/footer. I need to print "Continued on page 2" on the 1st page when a mailmerge letter goes to two pages. I have tried the following variations in the footer but cannot get the message to print: { if {SECTIONPage} = "1" "" "Continued Next Page" } { if {SECTIONPage} = 1 "" "Continued Next Page" } { if {SECTIONPage} = "2" "Continued Next Page" "" } { if {PAGE} {SECTIONPage} "Continued Next Page" "" } ...and a few more variations. My last attempt was to create a bookmark on the signature line of the letter and put the following in the footer: { if {PAGEREF signature} = "2" "Continued Next Page" "" } Nothing has worked. Do if statements work in the footer? Can anyone help me with how to conditionally print something in the footer? Thanks. -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...merge/201001/1 |
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IF fields do work in the Footer/Header panes of documents, but they do not
survive the mailmerge process. One way to get around it would be to use the "roll-your-own" alternative to mail merge as detailed in the article €śCombining FormFields and Mail Merge€ť on the following page of fellow MVP Graham Mayors website: http://www.gmayor.com/Form_Fields_and_Mail_Merge.htm -- Hope this helps, Doug Robbins - Word MVP Please reply only to the newsgroups unless you wish to obtain my services on a paid professional basis. "mdullni1 via OfficeKB.com" u5661@uwe wrote in message news:a1b8936bd8ed3@uwe... Hi, I'm using Word 2007. I have a template set up with merge fields that are of variable length. I have a different 1st page header/footer. I need to print "Continued on page 2" on the 1st page when a mailmerge letter goes to two pages. I have tried the following variations in the footer but cannot get the message to print: { if {SECTIONPage} = "1" "" "Continued Next Page" } { if {SECTIONPage} = 1 "" "Continued Next Page" } { if {SECTIONPage} = "2" "Continued Next Page" "" } { if {PAGE} {SECTIONPage} "Continued Next Page" "" } ..and a few more variations. My last attempt was to create a bookmark on the signature line of the letter and put the following in the footer: { if {PAGEREF signature} = "2" "Continued Next Page" "" } Nothing has worked. Do if statements work in the footer? Can anyone help me with how to conditionally print something in the footer? Thanks. -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...merge/201001/1 |
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If your post reflects the exact field code, you are missing an €śs€ť in
€śSECTIONPage€ť €“ should be €śSECTIONPages€ť. Correct it and all 4 versions of conditional your field construction should work (works here) €“ the bookmark version also works here. Also, make sure that _all_ your field brackets have been created using Ctrl+F9. -- Regards Lene Fredborg - Microsoft MVP (Word) DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "mdullni1 via OfficeKB.com" wrote: Hi, I'm using Word 2007. I have a template set up with merge fields that are of variable length. I have a different 1st page header/footer. I need to print "Continued on page 2" on the 1st page when a mailmerge letter goes to two pages. I have tried the following variations in the footer but cannot get the message to print: { if {SECTIONPage} = "1" "" "Continued Next Page" } { if {SECTIONPage} = 1 "" "Continued Next Page" } { if {SECTIONPage} = "2" "Continued Next Page" "" } { if {PAGE} {SECTIONPage} "Continued Next Page" "" } ...and a few more variations. My last attempt was to create a bookmark on the signature line of the letter and put the following in the footer: { if {PAGEREF signature} = "2" "Continued Next Page" "" } Nothing has worked. Do if statements work in the footer? Can anyone help me with how to conditionally print something in the footer? Thanks. -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...merge/201001/1 . |
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Doug,
(Your post did not appear until after I posted my previous post). I tested in both Word 2003 and Word 2007 before posting, and I performed a mail merge €“ and my conditional fields in both the header and footer survived (just tested again to make sure I was not dreaming - it is after bedtime here€¦). -- Regards Lene Fredborg - Microsoft MVP (Word) DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: IF fields do work in the Footer/Header panes of documents, but they do not survive the mailmerge process. One way to get around it would be to use the "roll-your-own" alternative to mail merge as detailed in the article €śCombining FormFields and Mail Merge€ť on the following page of fellow MVP Graham Mayors website: http://www.gmayor.com/Form_Fields_and_Mail_Merge.htm -- Hope this helps, Doug Robbins - Word MVP Please reply only to the newsgroups unless you wish to obtain my services on a paid professional basis. "mdullni1 via OfficeKB.com" u5661@uwe wrote in message news:a1b8936bd8ed3@uwe... Hi, I'm using Word 2007. I have a template set up with merge fields that are of variable length. I have a different 1st page header/footer. I need to print "Continued on page 2" on the 1st page when a mailmerge letter goes to two pages. I have tried the following variations in the footer but cannot get the message to print: { if {SECTIONPage} = "1" "" "Continued Next Page" } { if {SECTIONPage} = 1 "" "Continued Next Page" } { if {SECTIONPage} = "2" "Continued Next Page" "" } { if {PAGE} {SECTIONPage} "Continued Next Page" "" } ..and a few more variations. My last attempt was to create a bookmark on the signature line of the letter and put the following in the footer: { if {PAGEREF signature} = "2" "Continued Next Page" "" } Nothing has worked. Do if statements work in the footer? Can anyone help me with how to conditionally print something in the footer? Thanks. -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...merge/201001/1 . |
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....just to clarify: What I see in the resulting merge document is the
correct field results as ordinary text - not the fields. -- Best regards Lene Fredborg Microsoft MVP (Word) DocTools - Denmark http://www.thedoctools.com "Lene Fredborg" skrev i en meddelelse ... Doug, (Your post did not appear until after I posted my previous post). I tested in both Word 2003 and Word 2007 before posting, and I performed a mail merge - and my conditional fields in both the header and footer survived (just tested again to make sure I was not dreaming - it is after bedtime here.). -- Regards Lene Fredborg - Microsoft MVP (Word) DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: IF fields do work in the Footer/Header panes of documents, but they do not survive the mailmerge process. One way to get around it would be to use the "roll-your-own" alternative to mail merge as detailed in the article "Combining FormFields and Mail Merge" on the following page of fellow MVP Graham Mayor's website: http://www.gmayor.com/Form_Fields_and_Mail_Merge.htm -- Hope this helps, Doug Robbins - Word MVP Please reply only to the newsgroups unless you wish to obtain my services on a paid professional basis. "mdullni1 via OfficeKB.com" u5661@uwe wrote in message news:a1b8936bd8ed3@uwe... Hi, I'm using Word 2007. I have a template set up with merge fields that are of variable length. I have a different 1st page header/footer. I need to print "Continued on page 2" on the 1st page when a mailmerge letter goes to two pages. I have tried the following variations in the footer but cannot get the message to print: { if {SECTIONPage} = "1" "" "Continued Next Page" } { if {SECTIONPage} = 1 "" "Continued Next Page" } { if {SECTIONPage} = "2" "Continued Next Page" "" } { if {PAGE} {SECTIONPage} "Continued Next Page" "" } ..and a few more variations. My last attempt was to create a bookmark on the signature line of the letter and put the following in the footer: { if {PAGEREF signature} = "2" "Continued Next Page" "" } Nothing has worked. Do if statements work in the footer? Can anyone help me with how to conditionally print something in the footer? Thanks. -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...merge/201001/1 . |
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Sorry.
My merge test was too simple. I tested all with 1 page and all with 2 pages - and that worked (empty footer or text in footer). I should have tested with a mixture - and it does not work. The "Continued Next Page" appears in every section even if it contains 1 page only. Seems to be _too_ long past bedtime ;-) -- Best regards Lene Fredborg Microsoft MVP (Word) DocTools - Denmark http://www.thedoctools.com "Lene Fredborg" skrev i en meddelelse ... ...just to clarify: What I see in the resulting merge document is the correct field results as ordinary text - not the fields. -- Best regards Lene Fredborg Microsoft MVP (Word) DocTools - Denmark http://www.thedoctools.com "Lene Fredborg" skrev i en meddelelse ... Doug, (Your post did not appear until after I posted my previous post). I tested in both Word 2003 and Word 2007 before posting, and I performed a mail merge - and my conditional fields in both the header and footer survived (just tested again to make sure I was not dreaming - it is after bedtime here.). -- Regards Lene Fredborg - Microsoft MVP (Word) DocTools - Denmark www.thedoctools.com Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: IF fields do work in the Footer/Header panes of documents, but they do not survive the mailmerge process. One way to get around it would be to use the "roll-your-own" alternative to mail merge as detailed in the article "Combining FormFields and Mail Merge" on the following page of fellow MVP Graham Mayor's website: http://www.gmayor.com/Form_Fields_and_Mail_Merge.htm -- Hope this helps, Doug Robbins - Word MVP Please reply only to the newsgroups unless you wish to obtain my services on a paid professional basis. "mdullni1 via OfficeKB.com" u5661@uwe wrote in message news:a1b8936bd8ed3@uwe... Hi, I'm using Word 2007. I have a template set up with merge fields that are of variable length. I have a different 1st page header/footer. I need to print "Continued on page 2" on the 1st page when a mailmerge letter goes to two pages. I have tried the following variations in the footer but cannot get the message to print: { if {SECTIONPage} = "1" "" "Continued Next Page" } { if {SECTIONPage} = 1 "" "Continued Next Page" } { if {SECTIONPage} = "2" "Continued Next Page" "" } { if {PAGE} {SECTIONPage} "Continued Next Page" "" } ..and a few more variations. My last attempt was to create a bookmark on the signature line of the letter and put the following in the footer: { if {PAGEREF signature} = "2" "Continued Next Page" "" } Nothing has worked. Do if statements work in the footer? Can anyone help me with how to conditionally print something in the footer? Thanks. -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...merge/201001/1 . |
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Hi mdullni1,
Try coding your footer field as: {={SECTIONPAGES}-{PAGE} \# "'Continued Next Page';;"} Note: The field brace pairs (ie '{ }') for the above example are created via Ctrl-F9 - you can't simply type them or copy & paste them from this message. You may also have to do a print preview (or printout) of the merged output document before the 'Continued Next Page' message appears. -- Cheers macropod [Microsoft MVP - Word] "mdullni1 via OfficeKB.com" u5661@uwe wrote in message news:a1b8936bd8ed3@uwe... Hi, I'm using Word 2007. I have a template set up with merge fields that are of variable length. I have a different 1st page header/footer. I need to print "Continued on page 2" on the 1st page when a mailmerge letter goes to two pages. I have tried the following variations in the footer but cannot get the message to print: { if {SECTIONPage} = "1" "" "Continued Next Page" } { if {SECTIONPage} = 1 "" "Continued Next Page" } { if {SECTIONPage} = "2" "Continued Next Page" "" } { if {PAGE} {SECTIONPage} "Continued Next Page" "" } ..and a few more variations. My last attempt was to create a bookmark on the signature line of the letter and put the following in the footer: { if {PAGEREF signature} = "2" "Continued Next Page" "" } Nothing has worked. Do if statements work in the footer? Can anyone help me with how to conditionally print something in the footer? Thanks. -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...merge/201001/1 |
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Bravo, macropod - your solution worked!
Thanks to all who responded.....and just so you know, dropping the 's' was a typo on my part. I use the Quick Parts menu to insert fields so I know for certain it has the correct syntax/spelling, etc. macropod wrote: Hi mdullni1, Try coding your footer field as: {={SECTIONPAGES}-{PAGE} \# "'Continued Next Page';;"} Note: The field brace pairs (ie '{ }') for the above example are created via Ctrl-F9 - you can't simply type them or copy & paste them from this message. You may also have to do a print preview (or printout) of the merged output document before the 'Continued Next Page' message appears. Hi, [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] Thanks. -- Message posted via http://www.officekb.com |
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