Showing Mergefield info in continuation page headers

[Guest]

Hi there. Tricky one this: I am merging a Word 2000 document with a data
source. The fields placed on the body of the first page merge fine. So do the
mergefields placed in the header or footer. Sometimes, after the merge has
taken place, text must be added which could make the final document 2 or 3
pages long. If so, the header of the second and subsequent pages MUST contain
a couple of mergefields that exist on page one. So, in the source document, I
place a mergefield in the header of the second page then reduce the document
back down to one page. (I have to reduce it down to one page). Once I have
merged this document, I then add lots of text to the document. BUT, if the
document now becomes 2 or more pages long, the page 2 header just displays
the mergefield, not the merged data. I'm in a tight corner with this one =
any help gratefully appreciated!!!
Thanks

 

[Guest]

Hi James,

One idea comes to mind. If the fields are already contained on page 1, you
could try bookmarking them. Then, just add a cross-reference to the bookmark
in the page 2 header. You may also need to set Word to automatically update
fields on printing (or manually update the field).

Perhaps others will have other ideas as well.

HTH, Ted Allen

 

[Guest]

Hi Ted. Unfortunately that didn't work. Word seems to treat the mergefields
(and bookmarks) as text - eg toggling the Field Codes on and off doesnt do
anything to the fields. However,you did give me an idea - I'll bookmark the
mergefields in the main source document then add a few lines to the beginning
of my Print macro which will copy and paste this merged text into the 2nd and
subsequent header when and where required.
Many thanks
James