WD97: Recorded Macro to Stop "Same As Previous" Fail On Playback

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you record a macro that does the following

• Inserts a Next Page section break.

      -and-
  

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

WORKAROUND

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   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

   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 this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

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

   ARTICLE-ID: Q173707
   TITLE     : OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

REFERENCES

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q163435
   TITLE     : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for
               Applications