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[Guest]

We have designed tickets and each will have a number:
VIP-0001
VIP-0002
VIP-0003
etc.

Is there something I can set up so the tickets will automatically generate a
new number so I won't have to go in and manually type them. We have up to
VIP-0500.

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

You can use a SEQ field for the number. Rather than VIP-####, use following
field code:

{seq ticket \# 0000}

To create this, position the cursor just after the hyphen, press Ctrl+F9 to
insert the field braces {}, then type:

seq ticket \# 0000

between the braces.

Now, press F9, and the field will display as:

VIP-0001

Copy it to the clipboard, and use it for the number for each additional
ticket. When you have your 500 tickets done, press Ctrl+A (select all), F9
(updated fields), and all of the 0001 instances will change to 0002, 0003,
0004... 0500.