Automatically add Footers to all documents in a folder

[kim]

I don't think this is possible, but someone out there might know of a way.

In Word 2007, is it possible to add a footer w/filename to an entire folder
of documents without having to open each document and add the quickpart?

 

[macropod]

Hi Kim,

No, you can't do that without opening, updating & saving each file. The process could be automated with a macro, however.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

And for that, see any of these articles for suggestions:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/BatchFR.htm
http://www.gmayor.com/batch_replace.htm
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/VBA_Find_And_Replace.htm


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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

Hi Kim,

No, you can't do that without opening, updating & saving each file. The
process could be automated with a macro, however.

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Cheers
macropod
[Microsoft MVP - Word]

I don't think this is possible, but someone out there might know of a way.
In Word 2007, is it possible to add a footer w/filename to an entire
folder of documents without having to open each document and add the
quickpart?

 

[Graham Mayor]

While you could add a footer to a folder full of documents, by macro, to do
so without some idea of what the documents contained and on documents of a
diverse nature is fraught with danger. Documents can contain multiple
footers some or all of which may already have content. Which footer would
you want the filename to appear in? It might be safer not to put the
filename in the footer, but to put it at the end of the document.

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