Maybe use an INCLUDETEXT field instead of inserting a file
object? See
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...861651033.aspx
"Field codes: IncludeText field" for more information.

dnewboldgsc wrote:

I want to insert text file objects into my document and have Word display the
text from the files in my document. When I insert the object now, all I see
is an icon. I want to see the file content rather than the icon.