MSWord 2003-delinking "Same as Previous: in Footer as default sett

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rwilenker - 02 May 2007 13:59 GMT

Is there a way to delink the "Same as Previous" feature (in my template) for
the Footer (while leaving the Header linked) and apply this new setting as
the default when inserting a next page Section Break?

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Stefan Blom - 02 May 2007 14:16 GMT

No, whenever you add a section in the user interface, headers and
footers are linked by default.

What you can do is create a macro (or ask for one in a programming
newsgroup) that does this for you.

But why do you want to unlink the footers? Depending on what you are
trying to accomplish, you may not have to.

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> Is there a way to delink the "Same as Previous" feature (in my
> template) for
> the Footer (while leaving the Header linked) and apply this new
> setting as
> the default when inserting a next page Section Break?

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Graham Mayor - 02 May 2007 14:18 GMT

You could certainly do it with vba eg

Dim strView As String
strView = ActiveWindow.View
ActiveWindow.View.Type = wdPrintView
Selection.InsertBreak Type:=wdSectionBreakNextPage
ActiveWindow.View.SeekView = wdSeekCurrentPageHeader
Selection.HeaderFooter.LinkToPrevious = True
ActiveWindow.View.SeekView = wdSeekCurrentPageFooter
Selection.HeaderFooter.LinkToPrevious = False
ActiveWindow.View.SeekView = wdSeekMainDocument
ActiveWindow.View.Type = strView

http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

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> Is there a way to delink the "Same as Previous" feature (in my
> template) for the Footer (while leaving the Header linked) and apply
> this new setting as the default when inserting a next page Section
> Break?

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