Re: Can I Automatically Insert Section Breaks?
Edgar D' Souza wrote:<snip>
c) I searched the archives, and didn't find my post in there. In fact, I searched for "section break" and didn't get any hits, e
You might want to caveat your code by stating that your code convertsI don't have a current version of Word and I'm no Word goo-roo, but I believe that inserting section breaks requires more attention to the possibility of existing section breaks, and to header/footer settings, before it is fair to unleash Ed's macro as a solution. More power to Ed for his good intentions and generosity with his time and skills, but did the original writer understand Word well enough to know that Ed's macro had the potential for undoing the headers and footers of each section of 15 documents? We may never know, since the lights at the original writer's end of the thread apparently went dark shortly after Ed posted his code.
the Paragraph style in question into section breaks that start on new
pages. If the requirement is conversion into continuous section breaks,
all one needs to do is replace "wdSectionBreakNextPage" in the line
"sel.InsertBreak WdBreakType.wdSectionBreakNextPage" with
"wdSectionBreakContinuous".
That little snippet of code that you posted seemed to me to be theIf the original question was also sent to more appropriate msword newsgroups or mailing lists, it could be that the original writer has moved on with a different solution. A complete solution is within reach, given more of someone like Ed's uncompensated effort, that would also provide automation for choosing files in a common dialog and opening/changing/saving all 15 documents in one sweet button click. Or, perhaps someone pointed out Word intrinsic functions and options for new sections? Isn't there something in Layout for defining the start of new sections?
perfect solution to the OP's query. Not sure why she didn't acknowledge
that or even why others who posted subsequently on this thread seemed to
ignore that completely.
But anyway, as I sometimes like to point out, the 'net has better lists than techwr-l for trolling those tool questions under the noses of the deep denizens, experts and innovators who give answers and solve problems with oracular precision. So, I think many of us prefer not to do straight tool questions on techwr-l because simple "How do I..." tool queries can become jagged reefs and icebergs before we can reach the bottom line response. I myself don't usually pursue a thread that seems likely to wind up holed and abandoned in my drafts folder.
But to your point, I didn't just ignore Ed's thread. I read and considered it judiciously, because I like the view of tech writing as writing with technical tools (code is a good example). My response took a MOR (middle of road) path where I didn't comment on his solution directly because I read and liked his work but didn't want to get involved with the typical imbroglio of a poorly specified problem and the stress-inducing designer's impulse to come up with something in response to an incomplete specifications.
Still, I do hope that every question posted to techwr-l gets an appropriate techwr-l sort of response (it should reflect comprehension or active listening, right?). And I loathe the vacuous, tossed-off, pissheaded blow-off replies! But of course, so much is spoken by what is not said, and my silence on Ed's snippet conveyed my concerns adequately, IMHO. Not sure why the original poster hasn't chimed in to validate my concerns or even why others have not read my meaning more accurately, or have seemed to ignore it completely. But I don't really require a response--I grok the 'net as a murky and unfathomable place to correspond, wherein lies madness unless you establish an equilibrium between the effort to communicate your ideas and the expectation for a satisfactory reply.
The posts and threads on techwr-l, in case you haven't seen this, are often from a design perspective. Let's face it, we are designers much of the time. Like it or not, design is an important problem solving skill in our field. We do often have to proceed with incomplete information, and it is not always appropriate to tar and feather a question or designed solution as a knee-jerk, undigested, hastily thrown together histrionical affair arising in ego. Design is an important part of what we do. My $.02, not spent all in one place.
Ned Bedinger
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