Record Selection Rules in Template Not Applied to Document
PSS ID Number: Q100994
Article last modified on 07-14-1994

2.00 2.00a 2.00a-CD 2.00b 2.00c

WINDOWS


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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.0a 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c
 - Microsoft Windows operating system, versions 3.0 and 3.1
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Summary:

If you create a template that contains print merge Record Selection
settings, Word for Windows does not apply these rules to any document
based on the template. Page 637 of the Word for Windows "User's Guide"
incorrectly states the following:

   ...record selection rules you specify for the template will be
   used in all new main documents you create from the template--you
   don't have to select new rules for each document.

Workaround
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Use the Record Macro command on the Tools menu to create an AutoNew
macro in the template that applies the print merge record selection
rules. The AutoNew macro will apply these rules to each new document
based on the template.

We are researching this problem and will post new information here in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Reference(s):

Word for Windows "User's Guide," version 2.0, pages 637, 764-765

"Using WordBasic," by WexTech Systems and Microsoft, pages 203-204

Additional reference words: 2.00 2.00a 2.00a-CD 2.00b 2.00c docerr doc
winword err FilePrintMergeSelection documentation error

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