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IncludeText sometimes loses Outline Numbering
I am using nested IncludeText fields to merge documents
in Word 2002. The structure is like this: A.DOC: includetext B.DOC B.DOC includetext C.DOC includetext D.DOC This is working great, except for one thing. For all merges, the Heading styles are outline-numbered, and in one case with docs A,B,C,& D, the contents of C & D appear in A with all styles and numbering adjusted perfectly (C's numbering is a continuation of A's, and D's from A & C's etc), but in another case with docs A1,B1,C1, & D1, they appear perfectly EXCEPT numbering has been set to None. A1's numbering is fine both before & after the includetext of B1, but C1 & D1's numbering is OFF. However, C1 & D1 styles are all OK. It looks good, just no numbering. We have tried hard to use exactly the same available styles and use only standard styles in all documents. Finally, in all cases, the contents of B looks fine before it is included into A - the styles and numbering are as they should be, adjusted correctly (the heading numbering from D is continued from C). Any clue as to what is going on here? Thanks, Ian |
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IncludeText sometimes loses Outline Numbering
Hi Ian,
Autonumbering and mail merge is rather like oil and water: they don't mix too well, and there's no way to predict how long they'll stay mixed, once you've shaken vigorously. If you want predictable numbering for this scenario, go with SEQ or maybe ListNum fields. I am using nested IncludeText fields to merge documents in Word 2002. The structure is like this: A.DOC: includetext B.DOC B.DOC includetext C.DOC includetext D.DOC This is working great, except for one thing. For all merges, the Heading styles are outline-numbered, and in one case with docs A,B,C,& D, the contents of C & D appear in A with all styles and numbering adjusted perfectly (C's numbering is a continuation of A's, and D's from A & C's etc), but in another case with docs A1,B1,C1, & D1, they appear perfectly EXCEPT numbering has been set to None. A1's numbering is fine both before & after the includetext of B1, but C1 & D1's numbering is OFF. However, C1 & D1 styles are all OK. It looks good, just no numbering. We have tried hard to use exactly the same available styles and use only standard styles in all documents. Finally, in all cases, the contents of B looks fine before it is included into A - the styles and numbering are as they should be, adjusted correctly (the heading numbering from D is continued from C). Any clue as to what is going on here? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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