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redhair - 09 Nov 2004 17:22 GMT

Hi,

I did mail merger to create labels from Excel db. The labels' size was
1"X 2.63". That set a page margin of 1/2" on top and 0" on the bottom.
After I added "page x of Y" some strange thing happened:

1. Since there is no room for footer (0" margin at the bottom) I added
the "page x of Y' to the header. It recognized the total # of pages
(3) but each page was 1 of 3.

2. I changed the margin at the bottom and added the "page x of Y" to
the footer. The last group of labels moved to a separate page. Total #
of pages became 6 and the numbering were: page 1 of 6
page 2 of 6
page 1 of 6
page 2 of 6
page 1 of 6
page 2 of 6

Can Someone help me to number the pages correctly without spliting
each page to 2?

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Doug Robbins - 10 Nov 2004 04:18 GMT

Use the { SECTION } field in place of the { PAGE }. Each page of labels is
a new section and hence each one is numbered page 1.

I am not sure why you would want page numbers on labels though.

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> Can Someone help me to number the pages correctly without spliting
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redhair - 10 Nov 2004 17:21 GMT

The objective is to first print it on regular paper for various people
to view and then to print the labels. The Page or section # is
important for the initial list not for the labels.
Is there another way to get the listing in a format of labels but not
one page per section, so I can number them "page x of y"?
if not,
Is there any way to format page number to be "continue from previous
section" for the ENTIRE document (it seems to take effect only on one
section at a time) ?

the labels' definition does not leave room for footer and once I add a
footer for numbering the last group of labels move to page2 of the
same section.
I tried to modify the labels' definition and change the count (how
many labels to fit vertically on one page) from 9 to 8 so technicaly I
have room for footer. What happened was that I still got 9 labels
verticaly but the 9th row repeated on the next section.

It is frustrating !!!

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Doug Robbins - 11 Nov 2004 00:43 GMT

Just use the {SECTION} field in place of the {PAGE} field and your "pages"
will be numbered correctly.

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> The objective is to first print it on regular paper for various people
> to view and then to print the labels. The Page or section # is
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> It is frustrating !!!

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redhair - 12 Nov 2004 17:31 GMT

> Just use the {SECTION} field in place of the {PAGE} field and your "pages"
> will be numbered correctly.

Is there a way to get the total # of sections so I can have the
numbers in the format of " x of y" ?

Also, I can't manage to get space for footer without spliting the
section to 2 pages. Whenever I add footer at least 1 or 2 rows of
labels move to page 2 of the section even if the page margin leave
space at the bottom. Can you help?

Thanks

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Doug Robbins - 13 Nov 2004 13:11 GMT

The { NUMPAGES } field should give you that. So you need Page { SECTION }
of { NUMPAGES } Pages to get Page x of y Pages.

{ NUMPAGES } gives the total number of pages in the document and is not
affected by the presence of Sections. There is a { SECTIONPAGES } field
that gives the number of pages in each Section if you ever need it.

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>> Just use the {SECTION} field in place of the {PAGE} field and your
>> "pages"
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> Thanks

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