Auto generate file number

[Guest]

I need to generate an automatic file reference in a word document if possible
It is a table used as a front cover for a file and I need to have a file reference in one cell. This would need to auto generate each time word is opened. Sometimes I would need to generate 50 file references at once. The pages would then be printed out and pasted to a manilla folder

Is a mail merge the best option? with all my file references as the data source

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

You could to that, or see the article “Sequentially numbering multiple
copies of single document using
a macro†at:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/NumberCopiesOf1Doc.htm


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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

I need to generate an automatic file reference in a word document if possible.
It is a table used as a front cover for a file and I need to have a file

reference in one cell. This would need to auto generate each time word is
opened. Sometimes I would need to generate 50 file references at once. The
pages would then be printed out and pasted to a manilla folder.

 

[Guest]

Care: The suggested solution uses a local text file to store the serial number. Therefore, the document will update successfully only on the 'present' PC .... unless the local text file is moved with the document.