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

ID: Q179337

The information in this article applies to:

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).

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 this to be a problem in the Microsoft products 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:

Q173707 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:

Q163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

Additional query words: kbcode kbmacro vba

Keywords : kbmacro kbdta kbmacroexample word97 kblayout
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug