Cannot Add Tags to Header or Footer

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Scott Alexander

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Oct 15, 2020, 9:42:13 AM10/15/20
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Autocrat does everything I need it to do perfectly except it will not replace tags placed in the Header or the Footer.

Is there something I need to do or some setting I need to fix? If I can't get this to work, I am unable to use this awesome addon.

Thanks.

Joseph Schmidt

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Oct 15, 2020, 10:46:13 AM10/15/20
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I don't think so.  It appears and it makes sense that Autocrat is only searching the rows of the spreadsheet for merge tags.

Is that the only place in the template that you are using that tag?  



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Scott Alexander

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Oct 15, 2020, 11:10:44 AM10/15/20
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I guess I should have reviewed my post a little before I sent it.

I am using tags in a Google Docs document and I am trying to replace a tag that is in the header or footer of the Docs document. Inside the body of the document, the tags work perfectly but not so much in the header/footer.

For example, I have the following in the footer:  <<File_No>> - <<LastName>>  Rather than replacing the tags with the actual data, it prints exactly like that. However, inside the document itself, those tags are replaced with the correct data.

Hopefully it makes more sense now...

I saw another post where tags did not work in the footer but did in the header. However, something must have changed since then because it doesn't work in either for me.

Joseph Schmidt

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Oct 15, 2020, 2:47:48 PM10/15/20
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The same problem with a document.

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Scott Alexander

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Oct 15, 2020, 2:50:33 PM10/15/20
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What do you mean by that? Are you saying that it can find and replace tags within the body of a document but not the header or footer?

Joseph Schmidt

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Oct 15, 2020, 4:33:15 PM10/15/20
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I don't think Autocrat looks at the header or footer records for merge tags.
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user0242

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Nov 2, 2020, 7:24:54 PM11/2/20
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I believe the functionality (looking at the header or footer records for merge tags) *previously* existed.  Has the feature been discontinued (or broken) in the most recent product update?
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