Microsoft KB Archive/179337

= WD97: Recorded Macro to Stop "Same As Previous" Fails on Playback =

Article ID: 179337

Article Last Modified on 1/22/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q179337





SYMPTOMS
When you record a macro that does the following:
 * Inserts a Next Page section break.

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 * Turns off Same As Previous for the header or footer in the newly created section (on the Header/Footer toolbar click Same As Previous).

the macro appears to record correctly; however, when you play back the recorded macro, Same As Previous may still be on for the header or footer in the new section.



WORKAROUND
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The following sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro inserts a Next Page section break, and turns off Same As Previous for the header in the new section: Sub InsertSectionTurnOffSameAsPrevious Dim hHeader As HeaderFooter Dim iSection As Integer ' Insert Next Page Section Break. Selection.InsertBreak Type:=wdSectionBreakNextPage ' Get current section number. iSection = Selection.Information(wdActiveEndSectionNumber) ' For each Header type in the current section, ' turn off Same As Previous. For Each hHeader In ActiveDocument.Sections(iSection).Headers hHeader.LinkToPrevious = False Next hHeader End Sub The following sample macro turns off Same As Previous for all headers and footers in the document. Sub TurnOffSameAsPrevious ' Create variables. Dim sSection As Section Dim hfHeaderFooter As HeaderFooter ' Go to each section in the document. For Each sSection In ActiveDocument.Sections ' Turn off "Same As Previous" in all Headers. For Each hfHeaderFooter In sSection.Headers hfHeaderFooter.LinkToPrevious = False Next ' Turns off "Same As Previous" in all Footers. For Each hfHeaderFooter In sSection.Footers hfHeaderFooter.LinkToPrevious = False Next Next sSection End Sub



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This problem has been corrected in Word 2000.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

173707 OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

