Labeling unique pages with unique identifiers (name/ID number)

Anonymous
2018-11-16T23:56:38+00:00

I have one document with 144 pages.  Each page is unique and numbered (1, 2, 3, etc), and I want to label each of those pages with a set of First Name, Last Name, and ID number which correlate to the numbers on the page.  For example, the top of the document will say "Case #1" which correlates to John Smith, ID#22201, then second page will have "Case #2" which correlates to Jane Austen, ID#22202, etc.  The document is not the same, meaning everything else on the page is different text, so I just want to "label" each page with the unique identifiers.  Possible in the footer of the page as the text is crowding.  Not sure if I need to splice each document out individually?  This is something that I need to do every few months with different identifiers (different names that correlate to the same case #s, so I realize I can do this manually - copy and paste the information on each page, but looking for a long term solution.  I tried mail merge, but I am limited in my understanding, and I believe it has to be the same document that can "import" the identifiers onto the same text.  Thoughts?

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-12-04T00:36:39+00:00

    Thank you Doug for the comment.  Breathing just fine.  Have a nice day.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-12-18T20:37:24+00:00

    Hi Neo,

    Any update?  Thanks!

    Jocelyn

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  3. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2018-12-19T02:22:30+00:00

    As I said in a previous response:

    All that Neo was going to do for you was to move the thread to the programming forum, which is where it now resides

    As he also said what you require is going to take some complex programming.  However, if what you provided as a mockup is representative of the actual document, then there is no-way that the process can be automated (Visual Basic does not support Artificial Intelligence)!

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-12-19T16:28:37+00:00

    Doug,

    My apologies for the confusion, but that message was for Neo.  I will DM Neo moving forward. 

    In terms of your reply, as much as I appreciate your earlier efforts, I would also like to refer to my previous replies.  Unless you have anything else to add other than your previous suggestions, sending me the same response repeatedly is unhelpful.

    Again, I appreciate ALL of your earlier attempts to help. Please have a great day and wonderful holidays.  

    Jocelyn

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