WD97: Recorded Macro to Stop "Same As Previous" Fails on Playback (179337)

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   Sub InsertSectionTurnOffSameAsPrevious()
      Dim hHeader As HeaderFooter
      Dim iSection As Integer
      ' Insert Next Page Section Break.
      Selection.InsertBreak Type:=wdSectionBreakNextPage
      ' Get current section number.
      iSection = Selection.Information(wdActiveEndSectionNumber)
      ' For each Header type in the current section,
      ' turn off Same As Previous.
      For Each hHeader In ActiveDocument.Sections(iSection).Headers
         hHeader.LinkToPrevious = False
      Next hHeader
   End Sub
				

The following sample macro turns off Same As Previous for all headers and footers in the document.

   Sub TurnOffSameAsPrevious()
      ' Create variables.
      Dim sSection As Section
      Dim hfHeaderFooter As HeaderFooter
      ' Go to each section in the document.
      For Each sSection In ActiveDocument.Sections
         ' Turn off "Same As Previous" in all Headers.
         For Each hfHeaderFooter In sSection.Headers
            hfHeaderFooter.LinkToPrevious = False
         Next
         ' Turns off "Same As Previous" in all Footers.
         For Each hfHeaderFooter In sSection.Footers
            hfHeaderFooter.LinkToPrevious = False
         Next
      Next sSection
   End Sub