There's a NextRecord field: is there a Previous Record field

[Chad]

I am trying create some front and back cards. Using next
record in the label feature works good for one side, but
for the back side I would need a field that will go back
to the previous record for the following entry otherwise
I get a card that has the wrong information on the
opposite side.

Say I have three cards on top, the first card would have
information from the third card on the back, the second
card would be okay, and the third card would have
information from the first card on the back? I know that
on the next row I would then have to put 5 next records
to get to the right line.

Any suggestions?
Thanks

 

[Peter Jamieson]

Any suggestions?

There's no Previous record field, but you can use SET fields, so you use
e.g.

{ SET card1field { MERGEFIELD "a back field" } }
{ MERGEFIELD "a front field" }

{ NEXT }
{ SET card2field { MERGEFIELD "a back field" } }
{ MERGEFIELD "a front field" }

{ NEXT }
{ SET card3field { MERGEFIELD "a back field" } }
{ MERGEFIELD "a front field" }

on the front and (I think - I'm not completely sure this is what you need
but you should get the idea)

{ REF card3field }


{ REF card2field }


{ REF card1field }

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Chad,

Word has nothing like this, I'm afraid. How are the cards
layed out on the page? The ones with which I'm familiar are
two cards / page; top+bottom and top+bottom. So the same
record can be used twice in a row, before moving to the
next.

would it help you to simply sort the data in the other
direction for the second run?

I am trying create some front and back cards. Using next
record in the label feature works good for one side, but
for the back side I would need a field that will go back
to the previous record for the following entry otherwise
I get a card that has the wrong information on the
opposite side.

Say I have three cards on top, the first card would have
information from the third card on the back, the second
card would be okay, and the third card would have
information from the first card on the back? I know that
on the next row I would then have to put 5 next records
to get to the right line.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep
30 2003)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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