Writing a line to the footer

[cassius]

Hi Guys....

I'm trying to write a line of information to my documents footer (after the first page) from my database using VBA in Microsoft Word. I've noticed you can't use the bookmark method that I have been using;

Selection.Goto what:=wdBookmark blah blah blah

because it says "can't find bookmark."

How can I do this?

[Webtest]

I just recorded a macro to set the footer and do a Page Setup > Layout > for "different first page". Here is the result with the significant lines highlighted:

Sub Macro1()
'
' Macro1 Macro
' Macro recorded 10/14/2005 by guawd1
'
    If ActiveWindow.View.SplitSpecial <> wdPaneNone Then
        ActiveWindow.Panes(2).Close
    End If
    If ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Type = wdNormalView Or ActiveWindow. _
        ActivePane.View.Type = wdOutlineView Then
        ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Type = wdPrintView
    End If
    ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView = wdSeekCurrentPageHeader
    If Selection.HeaderFooter.IsHeader = True Then

        ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView = wdSeekCurrentPageFooter

    Else
        ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView = wdSeekCurrentPageHeader
    End If

    Selection.TypeText Text:="This is a test"

    ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView = wdSeekMainDocument
    With ActiveDocument.Styles(wdStyleNormal).Font
        If .NameFarEast = .NameAscii Then
            .NameAscii = ""
        End If
        .NameFarEast = ""
    End With
    With ActiveDocument.PageSetup
        .LineNumbering.Active = False
        .Orientation = wdOrientPortrait
        .TopMargin = InchesToPoints(1)
        .BottomMargin = InchesToPoints(1)
        .LeftMargin = InchesToPoints(1.25)
        .RightMargin = InchesToPoints(1.25)
        .Gutter = InchesToPoints(0)
        .HeaderDistance = InchesToPoints(0.5)
        .FooterDistance = InchesToPoints(0.5)
        .PageWidth = InchesToPoints(8.5)
        .PageHeight = InchesToPoints(11)
        .FirstPageTray = wdPrinterDefaultBin
        .OtherPagesTray = wdPrinterDefaultBin
        .SectionStart = wdSectionNewPage
        .OddAndEvenPagesHeaderFooter = False

        .DifferentFirstPageHeaderFooter = True

        .VerticalAlignment = wdAlignVerticalTop
        .SuppressEndnotes = False
        .MirrorMargins = False
        .TwoPagesOnOne = False
        .BookFoldPrinting = False
        .BookFoldRevPrinting = False
        .BookFoldPrintingSheets = 1
        .GutterPos = wdGutterPosLeft
    End With
End Sub

I hope this helps you.