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Old 02-15-2018, 11:35 AM
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I'm writing a mail merge letter, but before I keep going, I'd need to know if the use of these two macros would work:



MACRO 1 (Deletes row, if first column = $)

Code:
Sub ScratchMacro()
'A basic Word macro coded by Greg Maxey, http://gregmaxey.com/word_tips.html, 2/12/2018
Dim oTbl As Table
Dim lngIndex As Long
  For Each oTbl In ActiveDocument.Tables
    For lngIndex = oTbl.Rows.Count To 1 Step -1
       If Left(oTbl.Cell(lngIndex, 1).Range.Text, Len(oTbl.Cell(lngIndex, 1).Range.Text) - 2) = "$" Then
         oTbl.Rows(lngIndex).Delete
       End If
    Next
  Next
lbl_Exit:
  Exit Sub
End Sub
MACRO 2 (Saves all mail merge documents as individual PDF files)

Code:
Sub merge1record_at_a_time() '
' merge1record_at_a_time Macro
'
'
    Dim fd As FileDialog


    'Create a FileDialog object as a Folder Picker dialog box.
    Set fd = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
    With fd


        'Use the Show method to display the Folder Picker dialog box and return the user's action.
        'The user pressed the button.
        If .Show = -1 Then
                For Each vrtSelectedItem In .SelectedItems


                'vrtSelectedItem is aString that contains the path of each selected item.
                'You can use any file I/O functions that you want to work with this path.
                'This example displays the path in a message box.
        SelectedPath = vrtSelectedItem


        Next vrtSelectedItem


        Else
        MsgBox ("No Directory Selected.  Exiting")
        Exit Sub
        End If
    End With


    'Set the object variable to Nothing.
    Set fd = Nothing


Application.ScreenUpdating = False


MainDoc = ActiveDocument.Name
    ChangeFileOpenDirectory SelectedPath
    For i = 1 To ActiveDocument.MailMerge.DataSource.RecordCount
        With ActiveDocument.MailMerge
            .Destination = wdSendToNewDocument
            .SuppressBlankLines = True
            With .DataSource
                .FirstRecord = i
                .LastRecord = i
                .ActiveRecord = i
                docName = "Letter1 - " & .DataFields("Contact1").Value & ".pdf"      ' ADDED CODE
            End With
            .Execute Pause:=False
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
            
        End With
    ActiveDocument.ExportAsFixedFormat OutputFileName:=docName, _
        ExportFormat:=wdExportFormatPDF, OpenAfterExport:=False, OptimizeFor:= _
        wdExportOptimizeForPrint, Range:=wdExportAllDocument, From:=1, To:=1, _
        Item:=wdExportDocumentContent, IncludeDocProps:=True, KeepIRM:=True, _
        CreateBookmarks:=wdExportCreateNoBookmarks, DocStructureTags:=True, _
        BitmapMissingFonts:=True, UseISO19005_1:=False
    ActiveWindow.Close SaveChanges:=False

    Windows(MainDoc).Activate
    Next i
Application.ScreenUpdating = True


End Sub
Both of these macros work perfectly on their own, but I'd need MACRO 1 to apply to the letters, before these are saved as PDFs with MACRO 2. I believe MACRO 1 needs to be run after finalizing the mail merge, whilst I've only used MACRO 2 before finalizing the mail merge.
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Old 02-15-2018, 02:21 PM
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Instead of trying to reinvent the wheel, you might explore some of the solutions that have already been created.

For example, you could use a DATABASE field in a normal ‘letter’ mailmerge main document and a macro to drive the process. An outline of this approach can be found at: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/o...1-1996c14dca5d
Conversely, if your workbook has a separate sheet with just a single instance of each of the grouping criteria, a DATABASE field in a normal ‘letter’ mailmerge main document could be used without the need for a macro. An outline of this approach can be found at: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...f-8642e46fa103
For a working example, see: https://www.msofficeforums.com/mail-...-multiple.html

Alternatively, you may want to try one of the Many-to-One Mail Merge add-ins, from:
Graham Mayor at http://www.gmayor.com/ManyToOne.htm; or
Doug Robbins at http://bit.ly/1hduSCB
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Old 02-16-2018, 03:34 AM
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Thanks for the response. I got lost with the whole DATABASE thing.

I'm trying Graham Mayor's many to one add in, but I can't get it to work properly.

At first I got Error '4198' Command Failed. I searched and I found out it might have something to do with my Acer Add In, so I disabled that via Options -> Add ins.

That kinda worked as now 5 or 6 letters are being saved, but then the same errors pop up again. Also, those letters are just individual pages, so a letter that's supposed to be 4 or 5 pages long, gets split into multiple individual files.

I also preferred that ability of naming each letter via:

docName = "Letter of renewal - Owner: " & .DataFields("Contact1").Value & ".pdf"

Because this Add In, only allows me to name the letters with a DataField, without adding any other info.
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Basically what I need to know is if its possible and how to:

Save each multipage letter as an individual PDF, after I've hit the Finish & Merge button and I'm on the subsequent document that shows up.

Also, having something that allows me to name each PDF with a Generic+Personalised name, with something like: docName = "Letter of renewal - Owner: " & .DataFields("Contact1").Value & ".pdf"


MACRO 2 worked great but before clicking on Finish & Merge.

Thankss!
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Your second macro only outputs one record per letter, but your first one implies you have a multi-row table for which some rows may be empty. That implies you're trying to process multiple records per letter - which your first macro doesn't do. Perhaps you could explain in more detail what you're trying to achieve.
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Old 02-16-2018, 04:33 AM
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Ok so different letters have different number of items, which are listed in a table. Seeing how field codes don't disappear when in tables, I introduced the following functions into the rows in column A:

{ IF { Mergefield Item1 } = "" "$" "{ Mergefield Item1 }" }
{ IF { Mergefield Item2 } = "" "$" "{ Mergefield Item2 }" }
{ IF { Mergefield Item3 } = "" "$" "{ Mergefield Item3 }" }
...

So when there's no ItemX, $ is introduced and then my MACRO 1 deletes all those empty rows. This is working great.

To use this MACRO 1, I need to click on Finish and Merge first to have all the letters show up. Once all the empty spaces are deleted with this MACRO1, I'd need to save the records as individual PDFs.

In essence, the problem is:
MACRO 1 -> Only works after Finish and Merge
MACRO 2 -> Only works before Finish and Merge

Could these macros be tweaked in some way? Any alternative that isn't too time consuming?

Thanks for your time Paul, bare with me, my knowledge on this is limited
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Old 02-16-2018, 04:48 AM
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Try the following macro - it's based on one in my Mailmerge Tips & Tricks thread (https://www.msofficeforums.com/mail-...ps-tricks.html):
Code:
Sub Merge_To_Individual_Files()
' Merges one record at a time to the folder containing the mailmerge main document.
' Based on: https://www.msofficeforums.com/mail-merge/21803-mailmerge-tips-tricks.html
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim StrFolder As String, StrName As String, MainDoc As Document, i As Long, j As Long, Tbl As Table
Const StrNoChr As String = """*./\:?|"
Set MainDoc = ActiveDocument
With MainDoc
  StrFolder = .Path & Application.PathSeparator
  For i = 1 To .MailMerge.DataSource.RecordCount
    With .MailMerge
      .Destination = wdSendToNewDocument
      .SuppressBlankLines = True
      With .DataSource
        .FirstRecord = i
        .LastRecord = i
        .ActiveRecord = i
        If Trim(.DataFields("Contact1")) = "" Then Exit For
        StrName = .DataFields("Contact1")
      End With
      .Execute Pause:=False
    End With
      For j = 1 To Len(StrNoChr)
        StrName = Replace(StrName, Mid(StrNoChr, j, 1), "_")
      Next
    StrName = "Letter1 - " & Trim(StrName)
    With ActiveDocument
      For Each Tbl In .Tables
        With Tbl
          For j = .Rows.Count To 1 Step -1
            If Trim(Split(.Cell(j, 1).Range.Text, vbCr)(0)) = "$" Then .Rows(j).Delete
          Next
        End With
      Next
      .SaveAs FileName:=StrFolder & StrName & ".docx", FileFormat:=wdFormatXMLDocument, AddToRecentFiles:=False
      ' and/or:
      .SaveAs FileName:=StrFolder & StrName & ".pdf", FileFormat:=wdFormatPDF, AddToRecentFiles:=False
      .Close SaveChanges:=False
    End With
  Next i
End With
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
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Thanks Paul. In order to have the files saved with a particular name, do I need to edit the line:

Code:
StrName = .DataFields("Contact1")
Or the lines

Code:
.SaveAs FileName:=StrFolder & StrName & ".docx", FileFormat:=wdFormatXMLDocument, AddToRecentFiles:=False
      ' and/or:
      .SaveAs FileName:=StrFolder & StrName & ".pdf", FileFormat:=wdFormatPDF, AddToRecentFiles:=False
      .Close SaveChanges:=False
Thanks and sorry my ignorance
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In order to have the files saved with a particular name, ...
That's already taken care of, via:
Code:
StrName = "Letter1 - " & Trim(StrName)
and:
Code:
.SaveAs FileName:=StrFolder & StrName(StrName)
plus the relevant .docx/.pdf extension.
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Old 02-21-2018, 02:31 AM
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I'm getting error 5941 with this line:

Code:
 If Trim(.DataFields("Contact1")) = "" Then Exit For
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Are you sure your field's name is 'Contact1'?
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**somebody please shoot me**

I was missing a letter... Sorry, that was very stupid on my part haha.

Now I get error 5631 with something like:

Word couldn't combine the main document with the data source because of the registries were empty or because there were no registries with data that coincided with the consulted options.

At line:

Code:
 .Execute Pause:=False
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I believe the error message says:
Quote:
Runtime error - 5631:
Word could not merge the main document with the data source because the data records were empty or no data records matched your query options
Basically, that means you've connected to a data source that contains no records, or none that match whatever filters you've applied.
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It's working fine, if I simply go Finish and Merge without the macro. So it must be related to the macro.

When should I be running the macro? Before Finish and Merge? Should I click on Edit individual documents first?
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You would run the macro instead of 'Finish and Merge'.
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