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Margins and pasting
Hi,
I use copy and paste to add doc2 to doc1. I want to automatically retain the page formatting of doc1. Doc1's margins are 1 all around, U.S. letter; doc2's margins are 1.25, A4. Is there a way to do this other than by reapplying the page set up options to doc1 after pasting doc2? Thanks! |
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Insert a Next Page Section Break at the end of doc1 and insert doc2 into the
new section. -- 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 "micropood" wrote in message ... Hi, I use copy and paste to add doc2 to doc1. I want to automatically retain the page formatting of doc1. Doc1's margins are 1 all around, U.S. letter; doc2's margins are 1.25, A4. Is there a way to do this other than by reapplying the page set up options to doc1 after pasting doc2? Thanks! |
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Thanks. Yes, I do have a section break (new page) before the point where I
paste doc2. This is only an issue because I want to have other people easily paste their documents into doc1 and retain its formatting, and I won't be there to help them in each and every instance. Here's where the problem crops up: On the page where I want people to paste doc2, I have some placeholder text saying "replace this text with your doc2." If I select only that text and then paste, then I retain the formatting of doc1--good! If instead I also select the paragraph return at the end of the line and then paste, then I get the formatting of doc2--bad! Inspired by your suggestion, I've added another continuous section break after the placeholder text. If I don't include that in my selection before I paste, then I keep the formatting of doc1. Good! Does that sound like a good solution? Thanks! "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: Insert a Next Page Section Break at the end of doc1 and insert doc2 into the new section. -- 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 "micropood" wrote in message ... Hi, I use copy and paste to add doc2 to doc1. I want to automatically retain the page formatting of doc1. Doc1's margins are 1 all around, U.S. letter; doc2's margins are 1.25, A4. Is there a way to do this other than by reapplying the page set up options to doc1 after pasting doc2? Thanks! |
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See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...thSections.htm for tips on
dealing with such issues. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "micropood" wrote in message ... Thanks. Yes, I do have a section break (new page) before the point where I paste doc2. This is only an issue because I want to have other people easily paste their documents into doc1 and retain its formatting, and I won't be there to help them in each and every instance. Here's where the problem crops up: On the page where I want people to paste doc2, I have some placeholder text saying "replace this text with your doc2." If I select only that text and then paste, then I retain the formatting of doc1--good! If instead I also select the paragraph return at the end of the line and then paste, then I get the formatting of doc2--bad! Inspired by your suggestion, I've added another continuous section break after the placeholder text. If I don't include that in my selection before I paste, then I keep the formatting of doc1. Good! Does that sound like a good solution? Thanks! "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: Insert a Next Page Section Break at the end of doc1 and insert doc2 into the new section. -- 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 "micropood" wrote in message ... Hi, I use copy and paste to add doc2 to doc1. I want to automatically retain the page formatting of doc1. Doc1's margins are 1 all around, U.S. letter; doc2's margins are 1.25, A4. Is there a way to do this other than by reapplying the page set up options to doc1 after pasting doc2? Thanks! |
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Great article--thanks, Suzanne!
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...thSections.htm for tips on dealing with such issues. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "micropood" wrote in message ... Thanks. Yes, I do have a section break (new page) before the point where I paste doc2. This is only an issue because I want to have other people easily paste their documents into doc1 and retain its formatting, and I won't be there to help them in each and every instance. Here's where the problem crops up: On the page where I want people to paste doc2, I have some placeholder text saying "replace this text with your doc2." If I select only that text and then paste, then I retain the formatting of doc1--good! If instead I also select the paragraph return at the end of the line and then paste, then I get the formatting of doc2--bad! Inspired by your suggestion, I've added another continuous section break after the placeholder text. If I don't include that in my selection before I paste, then I keep the formatting of doc1. Good! Does that sound like a good solution? Thanks! "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: Insert a Next Page Section Break at the end of doc1 and insert doc2 into the new section. -- 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 "micropood" wrote in message ... Hi, I use copy and paste to add doc2 to doc1. I want to automatically retain the page formatting of doc1. Doc1's margins are 1 all around, U.S. letter; doc2's margins are 1.25, A4. Is there a way to do this other than by reapplying the page set up options to doc1 after pasting doc2? Thanks! |
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