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How can I merge multiple documents with one data source?
I have several documents (each with it's own unique formatting) that I want
to merge with one datasource (Access table). Is this possible? I'd prefer to find an easy way to link the docs together, or find some way to retain their formatting when consolidating them into one document. Because of their very specific formatting, I'd rather not have to try to get them to behave while copy/pasting them into a "master" doc. Thanks! |
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How can I merge multiple documents with one data source?
The one data source can be used for multiple documents, but perhaps not
simultaneously. Unless you have a real reason for combining the documents, it is probably best to leave them as separate documents and just open and merge each one individually, closing one before opening the next. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "RMO" wrote in message ... I have several documents (each with it's own unique formatting) that I want to merge with one datasource (Access table). Is this possible? I'd prefer to find an easy way to link the docs together, or find some way to retain their formatting when consolidating them into one document. Because of their very specific formatting, I'd rather not have to try to get them to behave while copy/pasting them into a "master" doc. Thanks! |
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How can I merge multiple documents with one data source?
The documents comprise a packet of information to be sent to one place (per
record in the data source). Opening each one and performing the merge ends up being a very manual and ungainly process. Especially since the docs need to be printed in a particular order. So it sounds like I have to figure out how to make these 8 multiple page, multiple-format docs into one master doc. Thanks for trying. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: The one data source can be used for multiple documents, but perhaps not simultaneously. Unless you have a real reason for combining the documents, it is probably best to leave them as separate documents and just open and merge each one individually, closing one before opening the next. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "RMO" wrote in message ... I have several documents (each with it's own unique formatting) that I want to merge with one datasource (Access table). Is this possible? I'd prefer to find an easy way to link the docs together, or find some way to retain their formatting when consolidating them into one document. Because of their very specific formatting, I'd rather not have to try to get them to behave while copy/pasting them into a "master" doc. Thanks! |
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How can I merge multiple documents with one data source?
See the "Preserving Section Formatting when Pasting between Documents" item
in the article at: http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...thSections.htm -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "RMO" wrote in message news The documents comprise a packet of information to be sent to one place (per record in the data source). Opening each one and performing the merge ends up being a very manual and ungainly process. Especially since the docs need to be printed in a particular order. So it sounds like I have to figure out how to make these 8 multiple page, multiple-format docs into one master doc. Thanks for trying. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: The one data source can be used for multiple documents, but perhaps not simultaneously. Unless you have a real reason for combining the documents, it is probably best to leave them as separate documents and just open and merge each one individually, closing one before opening the next. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "RMO" wrote in message ... I have several documents (each with it's own unique formatting) that I want to merge with one datasource (Access table). Is this possible? I'd prefer to find an easy way to link the docs together, or find some way to retain their formatting when consolidating them into one document. Because of their very specific formatting, I'd rather not have to try to get them to behave while copy/pasting them into a "master" doc. Thanks! |
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