If you have the same problem again you could try the free download at
www.doc-u-merge.co.uk. In my experience it normally retains the formatting
of the individual documents. See the support page on the site for more info.

"User" wrote:

Hi,

I have several files .doc (Word97).
I'd like to combine them (make 1 file)
without losing formats used in the files
(the files include tables).

How to do it? I'd like to avoid inserting
one file to another.

Regards
User