Can anyone tell me how to create a table of contents from a document that has been produced from a Mail Merge. I have styles set on the titles but when I create the Contents page, because a mail merge document thinks it is one long page with many sections, it says that every heading is on Page 1! I have searched the Microsoft knowledge base to no avail.
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Well, I hate to say, you might want to create a macro that'll go through and turn all your page numbers to be "continue from previous" instead of "start at 1".
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Dreamboat, what a tasty answer :-Q . I have created the macro as you suggested and it works like a dream. Thank you! I set it up as a keyboard shortcut and you can just hold down the keys and it scrolls through the next 354 pages (yes that many!) and puts in the page numbering. After that it is just the usual routine to put in the Table of Contents!
Andy, for your next lesson, go to the link below and learn how to make that macro loop through your document so you don't have to hold down your shortcut key. Try these links to help you out:
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