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I would like to change next-page section breaks into odd-page section breaks in Word using VBA. How come this code below does not work? I guess Word gets upset since the page numbering has to be rebuild completely, then?<br />
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Sub ChangeSecBrk()<br />
Dim sec As Section<br />
For Each sec In ActiveDocument.Sections<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; If sec.PageSetup.SectionStart<wbr /> = wdSectionNextPage Then<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; sec.PageSetup.SectionStart<wbr /> = wdSectionOddPage<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; End If<br />
Next sec<br />
End Sub<br />
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Strangely enough, I tried to change &quot;odd-page&quot; section breaks into &quot;next-page&quot; section breaks using above VBA syntax (and adjusting the code) and the odd-page section breaks turned into continuous ones. <br />

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I would like to change next-page section breaks into odd-page section breaks in Word using VBA. How come this code below does not work? I guess Word gets upset since the page numbering has to be rebuild completely, then?

Sub ChangeSecBrk()
Dim sec As Section
For Each sec In ActiveDocument.Sections
    If sec.PageSetup.SectionStart = wdSectionNextPage Then
        sec.PageSetup.SectionStart = wdSectionOddPage
        
    End If
Next sec
End Sub

Strangely enough, I tried to change "odd-page" section breaks into "next-page" section breaks using above VBA syntax (and adjusting the code) and the odd-page section breaks turned into continuous ones. 


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