[mso] Re: Word 97 (gasp!) and Mail Merge

I had a similar problem some time ago and Linda helped by suggesting I
print *backwards* .. last page first, first page last. It may be worth
a shot.

Lawrence or Larry?

Regards
Lisa

> Hi guys,
> Yes I know I have an old version, but I like it and it does
> what I need it to
> do.
> The question I have is this: I have a mail merge document
> referencing an
> Access (yes it's 97, sigh) database of names. The document
> is nothing but a table
> containing the names from the database ... simply <name><nextrecord>
>
> In order to keep the pages in order, I added a footer that
> contains "Page n
> of nn", but annoyingly, whenever the number of names
> exceeds the entries for
> one page and needs to go to the next page, the number of
> pages do not update. It
> seems each page is a separate section. And since it's a new
> section, the page
> number and number of pages variables seems to reflect the
> page number and
> number of pages of  each section, rather than the whole document.
>
> I would like it to reflect the true document's page number
> and number of
> pages.
>
> Any ideas of how I can rectify this?
>
> ,,,,,,,      Lawrence Berlinski - larryspcremedies@xxxxxxx
> Ô¿Ô¬    members.aol.com/larryspcremedies
>              908-358-8076 -Linden, New Jersey
>


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