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Thanks very much for your help.


"Jay Freedman" wrote:

> On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:51:00 -0700, aushknotes
> wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >I am using Word 2003 & I have documents that need to be mirror-printed with
> >different footers in odd and even pages (i.e. one footer for odd page footers
> >& anther for even page footers). Would you kindly inform how I go to the odd
> >page footer story and the even page footer story so that I can customise
> >these two different footers? Could they be in the stories collection?
> >
> >Many thanks,
>
> Usually instead of manipulating footers through macro code, it's much better to
> start with a template whose footers have already been set up with the necessary
> text and fields.
>
> If you must use code, though, you access them like this:
>
> ActiveDocument.Sections(1).Footers(wdHeaderFooterPrimary) _
> .Range.Text = _
> "inside margin" & vbTab & vbTab & "outside margin"
> ActiveDocument.Sections(1).Footers(wdHeaderFooterEvenPages) _
> .Range.Text = _
> "outside margin" & vbTab & vbTab & "inside margin"
>
> If there are multiple sections, you can run a "For Each mySection in
> ActiveDocument.Sections" loop. If you also need to insert fields in the footer,
> assign the footer's range to a Range object that you collapse to the proper
> location and then use in an ActiveDocument.Fields.Add statement.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Jay Freedman
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