Re: Section break type changes on mail merge

Hi Tom,

No guarantees, because section breaks are odd beasts, but...

You could try changing the "New Section break" setting in File/Page
Setup/Layout for the "master file".

> Access 2k is calling Word 2002 and starting a merge.
>
> The Word template has Section Break (Next Page) inserted. When this
> template is merged within Word (not invoked by Access), the Section
> Break remains as (Next Page) and no additional Section Break is
> inserted at the end. When this template is included in a "master"
> template - { INCLUDETEXT { MERGEFIELD TemplateName } } and the master
> is merged within Word, again the Section Break remains as (Next Page),
> but an extra Section Break (Continuous) appears at the end.
>
> The problem arises when the master template is merged upon the
> instruction from Access.
>
> No extra Section Break (Continuous) is inserted at the end, but the
> (last, if there is more than one) Section Break changes to (Continuous)
> resulting in the page setup of the final page being altered.
>
> A spurious Section Break (Next Page) inserted into the template at the
> end solves the problem, as it is the last Section Break that gets
> changed, but the extra page is a nuisance.
>
> Is there another way of solving this?
>

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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