You could use a modification of the method in the article "Creating
sequentially numbered documents (such as invoices)" at:
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/NumberDocs.htm
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Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com
"Ernie Fenwick" <fenwick.TakeThisOut@leahall.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> I prepare minutes of meetings and they are circulated with header / footer
> showing dates of meeting etc. I am now preparing these minutes for three
> seperate organisations so I would like to improve my efficiency. Each of
> the three organisations is completely independant of the others.
>
> I need to sequentially increase the item numbers over the year. Each set
> of minutes is only about 5 pages with maybe 25 items. I did think of
> incorporating all minutes into a single document, but that would cause
> distribution problems as the file would just keep increasing in size. I
> know in the past there was the ability to have a master document which had
> several documents within it but I have heard bad reports of this system.
>
> Has anyone any advice please.
>
> Regards
>
> Ernie
>
>