From your description you should conditionally insert the pages eg
{IF {Mergefield Char} "\" "{IncludeText c:\\path\\page1.doc"}" ""}
It is always easier not to add in the pages that you don't need than to
remove them later
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Tico wrote:
Sorry, I should have written 5 instead of 3 in my last news.

I have 5 kinds of pages however from each record only from
1 to 3 pages can be necessary. In "my" method I "produce"
all 5 pages for each Excel record and then I delete unnecessary
pages using tha macro from you.

Sorting the pages manually I had to repeat the process 5 times
however in this case I was able to produce only necessary
pages using SKIPIF, of course. But sorting it manually is
really a nuisance.

I thought about using the "NEXT RECORD IF ..." but in this case
I'd have to be able to skip pages in Word. :-(

Probably the best way would be to write a "regular" program
in Visual Basic or so, but unfortuantely I am not able to.

Regards
Tico


U¿ytkownik "Tico" napisa³ w
wiadomo¶ci ...
No because SKIPIF cause to skip a whole record.
But I have to "produce" from 1 to 3 possible pages in Word
from each record depending on the data in Excel file. That's why
I have to "produce" all pages first and then to delete those which
are not necessary.

I tried to do it another way - I processed the Excel file 3 times
and then I sorted the pages manually but in case of big files it is
really a nuisance. The order of pages is important.

I'll try to solve the problem continuing what I wrote in my prevoius
news. I'll try not to center the first line however I don't
understand why it worked when I processed it 3 times separately without
the extra character. I don't know what causes the difference.

Regards
Tico


U¿ytkownik "Graham Mayor" napisa³ w
wiadomo¶ci ...
I am totally bemused now. If you don't want the page(s) with this
particular merge record, why are you merging the record in the
first place? Wouldn't e.g. {SKIPIF {Mergefield Char} = "\"} work?

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Tico wrote:
The same happens when I put in the Excel file "" instead of " "
when I want a page not to be deleted.
I think it is somehow connected with the sign of new page
because sometimes it is OK but always after another sign
of new page. However i don't know how to force a correct
sign in the MaiMerge.

Regards
Tico


U¿ytkownik "Tico" napisa³ w
wiadomo¶ci ...
I understand.

I thought that everything was OK but I have one problem:
the additional character damages to keeping a part of the first
line in the center.

I put in Excel file an addition column and the character "\" is
put in it, if the page in Word should be deleted or the character "
", if the page in Word should'n be deleted. What is put : "\" or " "
depends on other values in Excel file.
Everything is OK but the first line on pages with " " is moved
much more to the left than the 1 character (" ") should use (the same
happens to pages with "\" but it is not important as they are
deleted afterwards). The first line on each page consists of the
constant
text and a number that is put during the MailMerge process, like this

ABCDEF GHIJ KLMNOP {MERGEFIELD
No} The text should be in the center of the page, and
the No on the right side. After I added the character it looks like
this:
{MERGEFIELD Char}ABCDEF GHIJ KLMNOP {MERGEFIELD No}
(Before I put the additional character everything was OK and the
constant text was in the center) My MailMerge "source" file consist of
5 pages, not just one. After
the process of MailMerging I delete the "extra" pages using the
macro from you. Each of the "source" 5 pages has similar first line as
I described
above. Could you help me once more, please?

Regards
Tico



U¿ytkownik "Graham Mayor" napisa³ w
wiadomo¶ci ...
Page is a vague concept in Word which is not a page layout
application and if you remove pages the document reflows to
create a new 'page' structure. --

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Tico wrote:
Thank you both very, very much once again.

I used the macro to the big MailMerge output file and it works
perfectly. The macro would work faster if it could test just the
first character on each page but I don't know how to change it.
But it works very well and I am very grateful.

As for a tutorial I expected something I had when I learnt other
languages which began with "Hello World" or something like this.
Then, step by step, it showed how to use more and more
complicated language tools. Regards
Tico


U¿ytkownik "Graham Mayor" napisa³ w
wiadomo¶ci ...
If you are splitting the results of a mail merge, see
http://www.gmayor.com/individual_merge_letters.htm As Doug
says, the only way to learn vba is to put it to use to perform
simple
tasks and then get more adventurous. You can always use the
macro recorder to give you some ideas. It is by no means
perfect but it does help get you started. You will find lots
of coding examples in the vba programming forums and on various
web site, including my own. The vba help in Word 2007 is rather
better than in earlier versions. --

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Tico wrote:
Thank you very, very much.
I created a sample file and it works!
Now I have to put the macro into my big file which is a
result of MailMerge and make a lot of tests.

By the way, I know almost nothing about VBA for Word.
I looked at your page and I found a lot of interesting things
there. However what I need most at the moment is any tutorial
how to create simple macros in Word from the very beginning.
Not just examples, which are important too, but first of all the
most basic rules. I read that one of ways is to record macros
using Word and then to analyse it in VBA Editor. I think that
this can be useful later, when you know a lot, but not at the
beginning.
I am looking for any lessons, step by step showing what is
neccessary in a macro and what it means. Then more and more
functions to write working macros.
Having such background I'll be able to learn using other
methods. I tried to find anything like this in the Internet to
download or use on line, but without any success. I found a lot
for Excel
but I read that the rules are not the same.

Could you please advice me anything suitable for a person who
is just starting with writing macros for Word?

Thanks again for your help.

Regards
Tico


U¿ytkownik "Graham Mayor" napisa³
w wiadomo¶ci ...
The lines indicated in red have wrapped prematurely use the
following which should not wrap Sub DeleteMarkedPages()
Selection.HomeKey wdStory
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
Do While .Execute(findText:="\", _
MatchWildcards:=False, _
Wrap:=wdFindContinue, _
Forward:=True) = True
Selection.Bookmarks("\page").Range.Delete
Loop
End With

http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

The macro will remove any page with the \ character in Word
2007 and should work in Word 97 also, though I don't have it
available to check. Word 2007 will open a Word document from
Word 97 without the need to 'convert' it. --

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Tico wrote:
Thank you very much for your prompt reply.

Unfortunately I don't know enough about macros to be able to
use the macro. When I tried to use it I got the following
lines in red: Do While .Execute(FindText:="#*#",
MatchWildcards:=False, Wrap:=wdFindContinue, Forward:=True)
= True Selection.Bookmarks("\page").Range.Delete
regardless what I replaced the "#*#" with.
My special character is \. I don't even know what I should
writei n the macro: "#\#", "\" or simply \
I haven't found FindText in the "VBA for Dummies" for
Office 97 that I have so I think I should save my file as
Word 2007 first and then use the macro. I have Office 2007
(home edition) but I am not familiar with it yet, at least
not to use macros. I am afraid I'll have to remove the pages
manually. :-(

Regards
Tico


U¿ytkownik "Doug Robbins - Word MVP"
napisa³ w wiadomo¶ci
...
Use a macro containing the following code where you replace
the #*# with the special character that you intend to use.
Selection.HomeKey wdStory Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
Do While .Execute(FindText:="#*#",
MatchWildcards:=False, Wrap:=wdFindContinue,
Forward:=True) = True
Selection.Bookmarks("\page").Range.Delete Loop End With


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"Tico" wrote in message
...
Hi All,

I have a big MS Word 97 file.
I am looking for any method that let me remove
automatically some pages which I can mark
using, for example, a special character as the
first on each page or in any other way.
I would be also satisfied if I could automatically
skip the pages whilst printing the file.

I can use the MS Word 2007 to do it, if necessary.

Could anyone help me please?
The matter is urgent.:-)

Regards
Tico