I'm working on auto generated word documents that consist of multiple test reports.
I want to automatically create a table of contents where one entry refers to one report.
But I can't simply use headings because each entry should contain info that is not on one line in the report.
Something like this:
No.
Test Id
Description
Result
Page number
1
ANZ-131QZXY
UV Light test
Passed
3
2
ANZ-132QYXX
Heat resistence test
Failed
8
I know how I can retrieve the information from the individual reports in VBA but I got stuck on how to generate the table. Is it even possible to add entries manually to a ToC without a heading existing?
PS: I use Word 365 and it's important that the ToC will work when saving the document as PDF.
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I have a VBA macro to process a number of MS Word files in a folder and create word lists and indexes. The data to be processed is within tables in each file (all text outside the tables must be ignored) and the text happens to be English and Latin.
Final editing has combined the files into a single file (fine...) but for printing layout considerations, a few forced "new page" entries have been added into some tables where the text in a cell within a row is significant.
The code iTables = wordApp.ActiveDocument.Tables.Count now returns the wrong value, increasing the table count by the number of manually entered "new page" entries that are within tables. Any "new page" entries outside of the tables have no impact.
I've searched for a similar problem description and also not found any mention of this within documentation.
Have I a basic misunderstanding? Has anyone a similar experience and a method to overcome it? (I do not want to split the tables as they are matched to transcriptions of original manuscripts.)
I am creating progress reports around 50 different companies in InDesign. The report is 10 pages long and has approximately 40 images and text fields that need to change based on the company.
I set up a data merge in InDesign and mapped all of the text and image fields. When I execute the data merge the text and images are mapping perfectly but it's creating one large 500 page report (10 pages x 50 companies). I.e. Report for Company A is on pages 1-10, report for Company B is on pages 11-20, and so on.
While I could break this up into individual reports in AcrobatPro, this step seems like it should be unnecessary. How can this be automated, preferably within InDesign? And how would I then be able to save each file based on a field in the merge csv?
I agree with Nicolai, I don't think default data merge option can create split documents.
Maybe you can use the following script to split your documents into the parts
https://creativepro.com/free-script-splits-long-indesign-files/
I'm responsible for remediating a PDF that has been generated by a third-party, proprietary system for which I have no access to the layout or design. The goal is to pass the adobe acrobat DC accessibility checker before publication.
Some of the tables in the PDF span multiple pages horizontally (i.e. with a page break at column 4 of 7). Thus far, I have designated each piece of text content as a "Cell" and grouped those into a "Table Row" tag and defined each header and sub-header as a "Table Header Cell".
However, Acrobat DC seems to get confused as to the relative size and spacing of each table element. It is creating phantom column headers and rearranging or combining rows in order to fit the appearance of a more standard layout PER PAGE. But since I need one cohesive table to span TWO PAGES, this is breaking my accessibility.
Depending on how I nest my table elements, I get a table layout like one of the two examples below:
Example when including blank cells for multi-column header rows
Example when defining the column span of multi-colum header rows as "7"
As you can see, the layout is not uniform and does not pass regularity checks. Plus, as I add more rows with several blank cells, the table editor produces an error that reads:
"Unknown Table Structure Encountered"
The only way I have managed to remove this error, is to exclude the bolded main-section sub-headers from the tag structure entirely, but I cannot just leave them as untagged content and pass the checker.
Please help.
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Kevin, thanks for replying. Because of the malformed grid, I cannot even click on the cells on Page 2 in order to associate headers. Is there a way to define table structure without using the Table Editor mode? – Glamador Apr 3 at 12:27
but don't have the rep yet to do so:
Glamador - Knowing it can't help you half a year ago but might in the future: I encountered this in a document this week and figured out the "Why" and how to get the Table Editor back, but not the "Easiest/best way to solve" the tagging in Acrobat. This issue is denying you Table Editor is with the table header (TH) cell you created that spans multiple pages.
So if you set a table header cell to something like Row Span: 7, and 3 of those are on the second page Acrobat will give you the "Unknown table structure encountered. Please retag this table using the Reading Order Tool to possibly fix the problem." error any time you try to use the Table Editor on the table that has that [table header cell with a multi-page row span/I'm not working with but assume column span too].
To get your Table Editor use back (not solving the tagging of accessibility, but to quit getting that error on your table,):
Go to your tags
Create a new empty Table Header Cell
Drag the content displayed in the tag from the problem TH to your new TH
Delete the [multiple page row/column spanning, but now empty] problem TH
Repeat if you did this in multiple TH in the same table
You can now use Table Editor again
Note: Because you can't use the Table Editor once these problem headers have been created you can't use it to see which TH's you have set to span multiple pages, or see those row/column spans, so you're going to have to just look at your document if you went through tagging and are going back and checking later and figure out which are the likely problem headers to replace. If you create that header span again in the table that goes across multiple pages you'll be unable to use the Table Editor again until you delete that tag with the page spanning issue.
I haven't found if you can combine TH Row Span settings with IDs/Associated Header Cell IDs and have the user software identify both, so I've been doing the tedious ID association on large but simple tables as my "It's tagged correctly" option, but unfortunately it isn't nearly as fast and easy as Row Spans.
You can edit the tag's object properties by right-clicking on the tag and then you can add an ID there if it doesn't already have one. Be sure each data cell is associated with a header cell. PAC's screen reader preview will also give a good view of the layout to help you get everything associated correctly.
i Have a Table with Fields
Material Number
Order Code
Supplier Code
Description
I have a crystal reports rpt file that i manually enter all the information to generate labels.
I am trying to program this using the built in formula editor, so when i enter the Material Number (which is a unique code) it will automatically display other 3 relevant fields.
I have tried few formulas in the formula editor without any luck.
can anyone help?
relliK
UPDATE
#Siva - I have added the table for clarification
i simply want a lable printed with only one user input being the Material Number, and then the code/fomula in crystal reports to fetch the other data based on the Materila number and produce the label.
thank you for you interest in this issue.
UPDATE
#Siva - I have added a sample label, i would only want to enter 20506871 as Material and the other data fields to be pulled from excel
not sure if i can use parameter fields and/or i would like some help on programming the parameter fields
I'm filling in a Word template with data that's been collected from user input. In particular a (variable) number of documents is chosen, and information about each document fills a row of a table.
I've bookmarked several items in the template and successfully filled information in the header from my macro, but the table I'm not so sure with. I bookmarked the first cell and tried tabbing (with Chr(9)) through, and also tried passing an array. (In the template the table has only a first row. Usually tabbing past the last column creates an additional row.)
I can retieve cell contents with
Word.Application.ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Cell(3, 1).Range.Text
but can't write to the any cell except the first, where I placed a bookmark.
Can anyone offer a possible solution to populate the table?
To populate table, use this code
ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Cell(1, 1).Range.Text = "Blah Blah"
This will write to the first cell in the first table. Use a loop to fill the rest of the cells.
I would also recommend see this link.
Topic: Automating Word Tables for Data Insertion and Extraction
Link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa537149%28v=office.11%29.aspx#Y1254
Extract:
Summary: Learn how to automate the creation and formatting of tables in Word. Get information about optimizing performance, populating a table with data, formatting table structure, linking table data, and extracting data from a table. (25 printed pages)
I've actually ran into a similar problem using Access to automate filling out a Word table template. I found that if I opened the template in Word prior to running the VBA script, then the Word document is successfully filled out with the table information. My code looks similar to yours as far as adding to it by row. Because the number of fields to be transferred to the form is dynamic it didn't seem like bookmarks for each section would work. If you have any update, I'd be happy to hear of a different way to resolve this.