Numbered tickets in Word 1

Hi DuncanSutcliffe,

If I were doing it, I'd use Excel. The numbering would be a snap.

Format one ticket (You can rotate text, adjust row height, font, interior and font color, borders, etc, merge cells and get a nice looking specimen)

Then copy and paste to get 3-up per page using the Print Preview.

Post back if you have questions.

Skip,
Skip@TheOfficeExperts.com

And I would do a mail merge.
Just create the numbering as desired in Excel.
Type as many numbers as you need going down column A.
In A1, type TicketNo, putting numbers below it.

Do a mail merge from Word.
For the first ticket, just use the ticketno merge field as many times as you need.
For the second, hit Insert-Word field and choose <<Next Record>>
Then use the ticketno merge field as many times...
Once your page is full, that's it. Don't create additional pages.

So all but the FIRST ticket should have that NEXT RECORD field in from of the FIRST ticketno merge field.

Now, hit Alt+F9 so you can see the codes.
Change it from:

{MERGEFIELD TicketNo} to
{MERGEFIELD TicketNo \# &quot;000000&quot}

The number of zeros you use should be how many digits you want for your ticket numbers. So, ticket no 1 becomes 000001 if you use six zeroes.

Anne Troy
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