Way to remove footer of 100s of documents but NOT the header

[CorleoneDrizzy]

I previously created a template that had both information in both the header and the footer of the document. The header contains the date field and the footer contains an image of the logo of the business.




Over the years, I have created well over 300 word documents in separate folders and I now have to remove the footer (the logo) in every single document as the logo is no longer up-to-date. However, I need to keep the date field in the header.


Short of going into every document and doing this manually, is there a way to do this as a batch?

[macropod]

In a corporate environment, especially, you should not change the content of documents after they have been sent to external parties, or even to others within the same organization; doing so may have adverse legal consequences down the track. The only documents you should consider modifying are those created as user manuals and the like, to reflect their current status, whilst archiving the older versions with the original content.

[Charles Kenyon]

As a lawyer, I endorse macropod's warning.

What you are referring to as documents really should be templates if they are used as the basis for new documents/communications.

What I have done with parts of templates that may be changed is to store things like names/addresses/phone numbers/logos as AutoText stored in a Global Template. The templates contain an AutoNew macro that update, then unlink AutoText Fields in the document templates when a new document is created based on that document template.

To update a particular element in all of the templates, all that needs to be done is to update the AutoText entry in the global template (and then distribute the updated global template to users). When new documents are created from the document templates, the new/revised information is included automatically.

We've used this process in form letters and even legal pleadings.

When preparing templates for use in multiple locations, local information is kept in separate global templates. I've done this with four levels of management/offices.

You will never delete footers because they are document parts. You can delete the content, though. Keep in mind that a document can have many footers. Each section of a Word document contains three unique footers, even though you may never see them all. Header/Footer Settings Recap

Returning to your question, you should look at:

• Batch Folder Process Add-In by Greg Maxey
• Document Batch Processes by Graham Mayor, MVP