[RjS, CISSP, CISA]

Thanks much Jay

I see and understand the limits of the Insert/Object however I want to be
able to independently work on the component documents and then be able to
update the master document. Am I expecting too much from WORD or is there a
way to do this.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:17:00 -0700, RjS, CISSP, CISA
wrote:

Since posting the below problem I have also noticed that "Insert/Pbject: Link
to File" only brings in the first page of the sub-document. Also, although
numerous other posts seem to imply that Insert/Object should resolve to an
INCLUDEFILE field under the covers, my altF9 shows that using Insert/Object
is inserting a LINK field.

"RjS, CISSP, CISA" wrote:

This feature seems like a perfect solution for what I need to do (work on
sub-documents independent of the master document), and I am sure that if I do
it right it will maintain my ToC, Page and paragraph numbering, and indexes
correctly. Problem is:
o- my ToC only contains entries from the master document. The subordinate
documents Header-1, 2, & 3, do not show up.
o- the page numbers from my subordinate documents are numbered 1-x, 2-x,
etc, where the prefix number is the document or chapter number, but they are
not being honored in the master document.

Can someone please point me to a paper or something that sheds light on how
to correctly deploy "Link to File"; using ToC and Page Numbering to their
best advantage?

BTW: I have spent well over an hour searching the help files but no matter
what search topic I choose they only link topics like Mail Merge. It seems
that Link to File is something that was overlooked for the Help topics. Just
a suggestion.

Thanks much

Those "numerous other posts" are clearly wrong and should be disregarded. To get
an INCLUDETEXT field (not INCLUDEFILE, as there is no such thing), use the
Insert File command instead of Insert Object.

Word can show at most one page of any object inserted _as an object_ regardless
of its source, whether Word, Excel, PDF, or anything else. And the TOC field
won't see anything inside an object. The INCLUDETEXT field has none of those
drawbacks.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
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