If you use the CreateDate field, it will display the date on which the
document was created and it will not update. Alternatively, there is a
SaveDate field that will display the date that the document was last saved.
For saving individual mergedocuments, you can use either of the following:
Sub splitter()
' splitter Macro
' Macro created by Doug Robbins to save each letter created by a mailmerge
as a separate file.
Dim i As Long, Source as Document, Target as Document, Letter as Range
Set Source = ActiveDocument
For i = 1 to Source.Sections.Count
Set Letter = Source.Sections(i).Range
Letter.End=Letter.End-1
Set Target = Documents.Add
Target.Range=Letter
Target.SaveAs FileName:="Letter" & i
Target.Close
Next i
End Sub
If you want each file to be named based on one of the fields in the data
source,
here's a method that I have used that involves creating a separate
catalog type mailmerge maindocument which creates a word document containing
a table in each row of which would be your data from the database that you
want to use as the filename.
You first execute that mailmerge, then save that file and close it. Then
execute the mailmerge that you want to create the separate files from and
with the
result of that on the screen, run a macro containing the following code
and when the File open dialog appears, select the file containing the table
created by the first mailmerge
' Throw Away Macro created by Doug Robbins
'
Dim Source As Document, oblist As Document, DocName As Range, DocumentName
As String
Dim i As Long, doctext As Range, target As Document
Set Source = ActiveDocument
With Dialogs(wdDialogFileOpen)
.Show
End With
Set oblist = ActiveDocument
Counter = 1
For i = 1 To oblist.Tables(1).Rows.Count
Set DocName = oblist.Tables(1).Cell(i, 1).Range
DocName.End = DocName.End - 1
'Change the path in the following command to suit where you want to save
the documents.
DocumentName = "I:\WorkArea\Documentum\" & DocName.Text
Set doctext = Source.Sections(i).Range
doctext.End = doctext.End - 1
Set target = Documents.Add
target.Range.FormattedText = doctext
target.SaveAs FileName:=DocumentName
target.Close
Next i

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> We need to write a LOT of letters, and want to insert the current date
> each
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> Thanks for the help. Next post will be on HOW TO use IF mergefields to use
> different letters -- an "A" B" or "C" letter using the same database.
cidman - 10 Aug 2005 01:01 GMT
Doug: Thanks! But as neo-phytes, how do we create this macro or paste it into
our document? Do we have to create it as a stand-alone macro on the toolbar,
or can it be saved in the template for the merge-doc?
> If you use the CreateDate field, it will display the date on which the
> document was created and it will not update. Alternatively, there is a
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> > Thanks for the help. Next post will be on HOW TO use IF mergefields to use
> > different letters -- an "A" B" or "C" letter using the same database.
Doug Robbins - 10 Aug 2005 05:19 GMT
See the article "What do I do with macros sent to me by other newsgroup
readers
to help me out?" at:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/CreateAMacro.htm

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> Doug: Thanks! But as neo-phytes, how do we create this macro or paste it
> into
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>> > use
>> > different letters -- an "A" B" or "C" letter using the same database.
Graham Mayor - 10 Aug 2005 06:08 GMT
See http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm
You can either save it in the document template or in the default template
(normal.dot).

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> Doug: Thanks! But as neo-phytes, how do we create this macro or paste
> it into our document? Do we have to create it as a stand-alone macro
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>>> to use different letters -- an "A" B" or "C" letter using the same
>>> database.