Microsoft KB Archive/119947

= WD: Merged Document Does Not Start Each Merged Record on Page 1 =

Article ID: 119947

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 6.0a
 * Microsoft Word 6.0c
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95a
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q119947



SYMPTOMS
When you include a continuous section break at the end of a Word mail merge main document, Word does not start each merged record on page 1. Although Word inserts a new-page section break to separate each record's merged data, each section is treated as though it continues from the previous section. The disadvantage to this is that if you include page numbers in the main document, the page numbers in the merged document will be numbered sequentially.



WORKAROUND
To maintain page numbers starting on page 1 as page 1 for each new document, follow these steps:


 * 1) Position the insertion point in section 1 of the main document.
 * 2) On the Insert menu, click Page Numbers.
 * 3) Click the Format button and select Start At Page 1 under Page Numbering in the Page Number Format dialog box. Click OK and then click Close.

To maintain page numbers with a blank first page on each new document, follow these steps:


 * 1) Insert a Next Page section break between page 1 and page 2.
 * 2) Set the Different First Page option for section 1 only.
 * 3) In section 2, click Page Numbers on the Insert menu, and set the Format option to "Start At 2."
 * 4) Click OK, and select Show Number On First Page.

The result of this merge is that all first pages have no page number, all second pages begin with page 2, and all third pages are numbered as page 3, and so on.



STATUS
We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Word 97 for Windows and Word 98 Macintosh Edition.

