A guess, but this might apply:
"If you use the InsertField method to create the IncludeText fields,
Word will automatically add a \* MergeFormat switch to the field. In
most cases, you do not want this switch and will need to delete it. The
\* MergeFormat switch will change the original formatting of your
included text. Help offers more information about this switch. [Thanks
to newsgroup poster Chip Orange for this tip]"
Deb wrote:
Nothing tere, unfortunately. Hopefully, someone else will post who has
experienced this problem.
Thanks!
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
I have no experience with this, but you might see if there are any helpful
tips at http://daiya.mvps.org/includetext.htm
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"Deb" wrote in message
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Suzanne:
I have experimented with this field and find that the resulting formatting
is inconsistent at best. For example, if I'm inserting a file that begins
with Heading 1 style followed by a body style, sometimes the files are
inserted with the body style being replaced with the Heading 1 style or
vice
versa. It's all very inconsistent and erratic.
Are there any "best practices" to follow when using this field to avoid
the
resulting unformatting of the final document?
Thanks for your help.
"Deb" wrote:
Interesting. I have never used that field before. In experimenting
with it,
I keep getting the error: Error! Not a Valid Filename. The file will
always
be in the same directory as the file in which the FIELD will reside, so
I am
just entering the filename as filename.doc.
Now how does this differ from Master Document? The Help feature
indicates
you can also push updates back to the source file by using the Ctrl +
Shift +
F7 keystroke.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Hasn't IncludeText already been suggested?
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"Deb" wrote in message
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But what about re-use? The content of the large document is really
smaller
documents that needs to be re-used across multiple large documents.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Just create a single large document.
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"Deb" wrote in message
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So, I concede that the Master Document feature is a risk. So,
what is
the
alternative to create a large document based on many small
documents?