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Combining Documents - Urgent Help Needed
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I have to produce a response to another document and I'm up against a tight deadline, I hope someone can help me. I want to include extracts from the original document in my response whilst preserving ALL of the original formatting and numbering (both list and heading) of the extracts. I've tried all the alternative Paste Special... options but none of these work because the styles in the original document are all based upon the Normal style. Therefore when I paste them, it reformats based upon the Normal style in the recipient document. Even if I select the Picture option (which seems to do the best job), the heading numbers reset to start at 1. I expect this must be an FAQ but I can't find it after a lot of searching. Please help! Thanks |
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I would recommend using screenprint or some other method to convert the
original to one or more graphic images. My paperport software converts Word documents to jpgs if I want. These can be cropped to just show the parts you want. Otherwise, you could use IncludeText with the /! switch to not update fields. I do not know that this works with numbering, though. Also, how closely formatting matches would depend on how both the original document and your document are formatted. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Diminished Seventh" wrote in message ... Hi I have to produce a response to another document and I'm up against a tight deadline, I hope someone can help me. I want to include extracts from the original document in my response whilst preserving ALL of the original formatting and numbering (both list and heading) of the extracts. I've tried all the alternative Paste Special... options but none of these work because the styles in the original document are all based upon the Normal style. Therefore when I paste them, it reformats based upon the Normal style in the recipient document. Even if I select the Picture option (which seems to do the best job), the heading numbers reset to start at 1. I expect this must be an FAQ but I can't find it after a lot of searching. Please help! Thanks |
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Hi Charles
Thanks for your prompt response. Converting to images is a great idea except that it is difficult to replicate the exact font sizes etc. I was rather hoping that there was an easy way to paste from the original document but tell Word to not try and be smart. I'll experiement with the IncludeText suggestion but I think the Heading counters are global across the entire document. Any other ideas greatfully received!!! |
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I forgot the simple one. Select text in the original document. Go to the new
document and use Edit Paste Special... Paste as Picture. Maximum is one page and you won't get headers/footers, but it may do just what you want. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Diminished Seventh" wrote in message ... Hi Charles Thanks for your prompt response. Converting to images is a great idea except that it is difficult to replicate the exact font sizes etc. I was rather hoping that there was an easy way to paste from the original document but tell Word to not try and be smart. I'll experiement with the IncludeText suggestion but I think the Heading counters are global across the entire document. Any other ideas greatfully received!!! |
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