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MS Office Forum / Word / Mailmerge and Fax / May 2008mailmerge to individual documents
Hi I have downloaded Doug Robbins MMtoDocs (latest version 25) to split up a mailmerge doc to multiple docs. I am using Word2003. The macro works well and I am using the feature to auto create .pdf documents. However the .pdf docs all end up with a blank page as the last page which is not what I want. When the multiple Word docs are created by the macro, they retain a 'new page' section break at the end. I think this is why the PDF equivalent files all end up with a blank page. So can the macro be changed so when it does the splitting, it deletes the 'new page' section breaks? Or is there another solution? thanks  Signaturemarkb Unwanted pages at the end of the split pages are a function of your merge document and not the macro. It might help with text flow if you set the Adobe driver as the active printer driver while you format the document and note that any differences in layout between your document template and normal.dot which is used in the macro to create the separate documents will be reflected in changes to the output documents. Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > Hi > I have downloaded Doug Robbins MMtoDocs (latest version 25) to split [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > thanks Hi Graham Thanks for reply. The problem is not to do with the format of my mai merge document or differences between my document template o normal.dot. I realise that it isn't the MMtoDocs split macro that creates unwante page breaks at the end of split pages - the standard mail merge proces outputs a file with section breaks inserted. But when the MMtoDocs split macro runs and looks for section breaks i the mail merge output file (in order to know where to split and creat individual files) could it not delete the section break before it saves each individual .doc file? Then when each indicidual .doc file i printed to the Adobe driver to create equivalent .pdf it won't result i having a blank page in each .pdf Many thanks Graham Mayor;307540 Wrote: > Unwanted pages at the end of the split pages are a function of you > merge [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > will > be reflected in changes to the output documents. -- markb The macro should remove the section breaks that are causing your problem. The usual reason they don't is a conflict with the template that created the document you are merging. Try again with a simple merge based on a letter created in normal.dot and you should see what I mean. If you want to send me a copy of your merge letter and a small sample of your data I may be able to spot what is wrong with your document that conflicts with the add-in. Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > Hi Graham > Thanks for reply. The problem is not to do with the format of my mail [quoted text clipped - 52 lines] >> >> thanks - I found Graham's AddIn and gave it a try; nice work. I too experienced a section break continuous at the end of each of the split out documents. Did it both when using a defined template AND normal.dot. I can only think the macro needs to delete the last section break. I am new to this forum so am not entirely sure if this has already been resolved. url:http://www.ureader.com/msg/10104583.aspx It is actually Doug's add-on. however if you get an unwanted section break it is invariably caused by a conflict between the template the document was created from and the template the merge was created from. To overcome this, either base your merge documents on the normal template or use the latest version of the add-in which contains utility to create a working template from the merge document. Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> charles astbury wrote: > Message-ID: <0bd371a1623c4d239006f4f6ae788a70@newspe.com> > X-Mailer: http://www.umailcampaign.com, ip log:65.91.2.71 [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > url:http://www.ureader.com/msg/10104583.aspx |
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