footer on last page

[Guest]

I have created a template.dot with a footer to be displayed at the bottom of
the last page. I have inserted "Date Approved:" and "Review Date:" in the ""
and works fine, but when I open .doc and type the date, it disappears. Is it
possible to type a date in this area or is there another way to do this? This
date will be different in each .doc.
Thanks

 

[Stefan Blom]

In what way does it disappear? Are you saying it isn't on the page where
you expect it to be, or that it doesn't display anywhere in the
document?

For general information on using footers (and headers), see
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HeaderFooter.htm. The article also
includes a field construct that allows you to display text on the last
page of the document, only.

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[Guest]

I am using the formula:

{If{Page}={NumPages}"
Date Approved:

Review Date:
"}

And it displays fine but when I try to enter the date after Date Approved:
and then put the cursor after Review Date: all text disappears.

Also if I enter the date and click out of the footer, it will disappear.

 

[Stefan Blom]

Sometimes Word gets it wrong if not all spaces are present:

{ IF { PAGE } = { NUMPAGES } "Date Approved: March 20 2007 Review Date:
April 20 2007" }

Also, you could try adding quotation marks around the condition.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you are inserting the static text as a field and then trying to type the
dates into the space you've left in the field (as opposed to editing the
field itself), then of course you're overwriting the field with the text you
type. To make this work the way I think you want it to, you need two IF
fields, one for the Date Approved and one for the Review Date, with ordinary
document space following them; that's where you'll type your dates.

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[Stefan Blom]

But note that the dates *must* be inside the fields; otherwise, the
dates will display on all pages.

To more easily add the dates, they could be stored as document
properties (which could then be inserted in the field).

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Ah, good point.

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