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How do I combine documents with different formats?
Hi, I have 7 documents and I would like to combine them and work on one file.
The problem is they are all in different format and setup, If I try copy and paste all format changes. Is there a tool to combine office documents together? I tried MS Binder but didn't work. Thx. |
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How do I combine documents with different formats?
Hi Devrim
devrim wrote: Hi, I have 7 documents and I would like to combine them and work on one file. The problem is they are all in different format and setup, If I try copy and paste all format changes. Yes, that's to be expected: if you are using styles with different properties in two documents (say, "Normal" has 12pt TNR in one file, but 10pt Arial in the second), and you bring these documents together, the style from the document you copy from has no impact anymore. Section properties you can usually preserve by inserting a section break at the bottom of the document to be copied, but styles are different: you'd have to rename each style in the document before copying it, and with many built-in styles, you simply cannot. In short, your best bet to combine various documents is if all documents are built from the same document template and use those styles consistently. If that's not the case, more often than not, you have to bring the files together as raw text and style them through once. It's a different matter if you only need to be able to _read_ the document afterwards -- then conversion to PDF before combining is recommended. Is there a tool to combine office documents together? I tried MS Binder but didn't work. In what way did it not work? Greetinx Robert -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word |
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