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Best way to pull separate files into one file -- Word 2003
what is the best way to put eight separate chapter files into one long file in Word 2003, so formating, etc, stays the same in the various files? thanks |
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Best way to pull separate files into one file -- Word 2003
"Best" is relative, but Word has a Master Document feature that may
work well for you. Switch to Outline view and there are a series of buttons on the right of the Outlining toolbar that are for working with master/sub documents. On Feb 2, 10:46*am, removing all headers and footers t.com wrote: what is the best way to put eight separate chapter files into one long file in Word 2003, so formating, etc, stays the same in the various files? thanks |
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Best way to pull separate files into one file -- Word 2003
Depends on what you mean by "the same." Uniform throughout the compiled
document or the same as in each constituent document? The first is relatively easy, the second extremely difficult. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "removing all headers and footers" t.com wrote in message ... what is the best way to put eight separate chapter files into one long file in Word 2003, so formating, etc, stays the same in the various files? thanks |
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Best way to pull separate files into one file -- Word 2003
Master Document is deeply flawed and should only be used with extreme
caution or you could lose your documents. If all the documents are similarly formatted, you could use the boiler.dot add-in that you can download from my web site to combine them. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Reitanos wrote: "Best" is relative, but Word has a Master Document feature that may work well for you. Switch to Outline view and there are a series of buttons on the right of the Outlining toolbar that are for working with master/sub documents. On Feb 2, 10:46 am, removing all headers and footers t.com wrote: what is the best way to put eight separate chapter files into one long file in Word 2003, so formating, etc, stays the same in the various files? thanks |
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Hi, I downloaded boiler.dot, installed it in startup, and the taskbar comes
up now in my Word 2003, but it will only show folders, and not the files within the folders?? So I cannot get to files to insert them in my open file? JF "Graham Mayor" wrote: Master Document is deeply flawed and should only be used with extreme caution or you could lose your documents. If all the documents are similarly formatted, you could use the boiler.dot add-in that you can download from my web site to combine them. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Reitanos wrote: "Best" is relative, but Word has a Master Document feature that may work well for you. Switch to Outline view and there are a series of buttons on the right of the Outlining toolbar that are for working with master/sub documents. On Feb 2, 10:46 am, removing all headers and footers t.com wrote: what is the best way to put eight separate chapter files into one long file in Word 2003, so formating, etc, stays the same in the various files? thanks |
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Best way to pull separate files into one file -- Word 2003
Yes, they are similarly formatted throughout. Why is master/sub document
dangerous to use? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Depends on what you mean by "the same." Uniform throughout the compiled document or the same as in each constituent document? The first is relatively easy, the second extremely difficult. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "removing all headers and footers" t.com wrote in message ... what is the best way to put eight separate chapter files into one long file in Word 2003, so formating, etc, stays the same in the various files? thanks |
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Because unless you are 1000% certain that you are doing the correct thing or
if you make a miniscule error, you can destroy some or all of the sub-documents in one easy move. Try it by all means but have separate backups of all the documents before you start and keep making additional back ups during the process so that you can move back a step at a time when the disaster occurs. It is seriously difficult to use it. Terry "removing all headers and footers" t.com wrote in message ... Yes, they are similarly formatted throughout. Why is master/sub document dangerous to use? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Depends on what you mean by "the same." Uniform throughout the compiled document or the same as in each constituent document? The first is relatively easy, the second extremely difficult. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "removing all headers and footers" t.com wrote in message ... what is the best way to put eight separate chapter files into one long file in Word 2003, so formating, etc, stays the same in the various files? thanks |
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Best way to pull separate files into one file -- Word 2003
thanks for the warning. I cannot make graham's boiler thing work, as it will
not allow all files to show in Word 2003 dialogue box.. Is there any other way to combine chapters into one file? "Terry Farrell" wrote: Because unless you are 1000% certain that you are doing the correct thing or if you make a miniscule error, you can destroy some or all of the sub-documents in one easy move. Try it by all means but have separate backups of all the documents before you start and keep making additional back ups during the process so that you can move back a step at a time when the disaster occurs. It is seriously difficult to use it. Terry "removing all headers and footers" t.com wrote in message ... Yes, they are similarly formatted throughout. Why is master/sub document dangerous to use? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Depends on what you mean by "the same." Uniform throughout the compiled document or the same as in each constituent document? The first is relatively easy, the second extremely difficult. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "removing all headers and footers" t.com wrote in message ... what is the best way to put eight separate chapter files into one long file in Word 2003, so formating, etc, stays the same in the various files? thanks |
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Best way to pull separate files into one file -- Word 2003
I believe you just put all the documents you want to combine into a single
folder and then point to that folder, but it should still be possible to select the order in which you want the documents to appear. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "removing all headers and footers" t.com wrote in message ... thanks for the warning. I cannot make graham's boiler thing work, as it will not allow all files to show in Word 2003 dialogue box.. Is there any other way to combine chapters into one file? "Terry Farrell" wrote: Because unless you are 1000% certain that you are doing the correct thing or if you make a miniscule error, you can destroy some or all of the sub-documents in one easy move. Try it by all means but have separate backups of all the documents before you start and keep making additional back ups during the process so that you can move back a step at a time when the disaster occurs. It is seriously difficult to use it. Terry "removing all headers and footers" t.com wrote in message ... Yes, they are similarly formatted throughout. Why is master/sub document dangerous to use? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Depends on what you mean by "the same." Uniform throughout the compiled document or the same as in each constituent document? The first is relatively easy, the second extremely difficult. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "removing all headers and footers" t.com wrote in message ... what is the best way to put eight separate chapter files into one long file in Word 2003, so formating, etc, stays the same in the various files? thanks |
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Best way to pull separate files into one file -- Word 2003
If you read the title bar of the dialog box you will see that it requires
you to select the folder that contains the files.Only after you have selected a folder that contains documents will it display them in the user form. This is all explained in the documentation that came with the add-in. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org removing all headers and footers wrote: Hi, I downloaded boiler.dot, installed it in startup, and the taskbar comes up now in my Word 2003, but it will only show folders, and not the files within the folders?? So I cannot get to files to insert them in my open file? JF "Graham Mayor" wrote: Master Document is deeply flawed and should only be used with extreme caution or you could lose your documents. If all the documents are similarly formatted, you could use the boiler.dot add-in that you can download from my web site to combine them. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Reitanos wrote: "Best" is relative, but Word has a Master Document feature that may work well for you. Switch to Outline view and there are a series of buttons on the right of the Outlining toolbar that are for working with master/sub documents. On Feb 2, 10:46 am, removing all headers and footers t.com wrote: what is the best way to put eight separate chapter files into one long file in Word 2003, so formating, etc, stays the same in the various files? thanks |
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Best way to pull separate files into one file -- Word 2003
When I wanted to combine all my thesis chapters into a single document, I
just copied and pasted each chapter into a separate section of the main document. Probably not the most efficient solution, but it worked for me (I was really careful to use the same styles etc. for all the chapters). "removing all headers and footers" wrote: thanks for the warning. I cannot make graham's boiler thing work, as it will not allow all files to show in Word 2003 dialogue box.. Is there any other way to combine chapters into one file? "Terry Farrell" wrote: Because unless you are 1000% certain that you are doing the correct thing or if you make a miniscule error, you can destroy some or all of the sub-documents in one easy move. Try it by all means but have separate backups of all the documents before you start and keep making additional back ups during the process so that you can move back a step at a time when the disaster occurs. It is seriously difficult to use it. Terry "removing all headers and footers" t.com wrote in message ... Yes, they are similarly formatted throughout. Why is master/sub document dangerous to use? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Depends on what you mean by "the same." Uniform throughout the compiled document or the same as in each constituent document? The first is relatively easy, the second extremely difficult. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "removing all headers and footers" t.com wrote in message ... what is the best way to put eight separate chapter files into one long file in Word 2003, so formating, etc, stays the same in the various files? thanks |
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Best way to pull separate files into one file -- Word 2003
You can also probably use "insert text file" at the end of each section to
insert the next section. "Amy" wrote in message ... When I wanted to combine all my thesis chapters into a single document, I just copied and pasted each chapter into a separate section of the main document. Probably not the most efficient solution, but it worked for me (I was really careful to use the same styles etc. for all the chapters). "removing all headers and footers" wrote: thanks for the warning. I cannot make graham's boiler thing work, as it will not allow all files to show in Word 2003 dialogue box.. Is there any other way to combine chapters into one file? "Terry Farrell" wrote: Because unless you are 1000% certain that you are doing the correct thing or if you make a miniscule error, you can destroy some or all of the sub-documents in one easy move. Try it by all means but have separate backups of all the documents before you start and keep making additional back ups during the process so that you can move back a step at a time when the disaster occurs. It is seriously difficult to use it. Terry "removing all headers and footers" t.com wrote in message ... Yes, they are similarly formatted throughout. Why is master/sub document dangerous to use? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Depends on what you mean by "the same." Uniform throughout the compiled document or the same as in each constituent document? The first is relatively easy, the second extremely difficult. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "removing all headers and footers" t.com wrote in message ... what is the best way to put eight separate chapter files into one long file in Word 2003, so formating, etc, stays the same in the various files? thanks |
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