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Can I merge one .doc into another??
I am a college professor.
I have one .doc called Schedule. It is just a brief table with my class schedule. Each term I create a syllabus for each course and that includes a copy of my schedule. I generally just update my schedule and then copy/paste into each syllabus. Is there any way that each syllabus could dynamically go to my schedule.doc file and update itself whenever I change my schedule? Mel |
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Can I merge one .doc into another??
You could create a data source that is all of your syllabuses and use your
schedule as the boilerplate for a letter merge. HTH; Amy "MZB" wrote in message ... I am a college professor. I have one .doc called Schedule. It is just a brief table with my class schedule. Each term I create a syllabus for each course and that includes a copy of my schedule. I generally just update my schedule and then copy/paste into each syllabus. Is there any way that each syllabus could dynamically go to my schedule.doc file and update itself whenever I change my schedule? Mel |
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Hi Mel,
You could use IncludeText fields to pull the schedule.doc info into the various syllabi. More information on them he http://word.mvps.org/faqs/tblsfldsfm...textfields.htm However, I wonder if it is worth the trouble. Assuming you are updating the syllabi each term anyhow, it's not that much trouble to paste in a schedule, even for 4-5 courses. I suppose over years it could save some time, as long as you don't reorganize your hard drive much, as moving the files might break the IncludeText fields, which use a filepath. You'd still need to open each syllabus and trigger the update each term. If you change your schedule *during* the term and want otherwise stable syllabi to automatically update the schedule portion, that could work okay on your computer, but presumably you have already distributed the syllabus and put a copy on the web, and those copies are not going to reflect any such changes. I definitely wouldn't go the mail merge route. Another option could be to create a single AutoText each term, and then quickly enter that into each syllabus. More info on that he http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AutoText.htm AutoText is a skill you'd be likely to use in a number of contexts, more so than IncludeText, though using it in this context is not necessarily any faster than copy and paste. AutoTexts do not update, you'd need to delete and re-enter the changed one each term. Hope that helps, On 8/16/06 10:03 AM, "MZB" wrote: I am a college professor. I have one .doc called Schedule. It is just a brief table with my class schedule. Each term I create a syllabus for each course and that includes a copy of my schedule. I generally just update my schedule and then copy/paste into each syllabus. Is there any way that each syllabus could dynamically go to my schedule.doc file and update itself whenever I change my schedule? Mel -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://word.mvps.org/Mac/WordMacHome.html What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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Thanks for the info. Very helpful.
I had tried the insert file before posting this. What I forgot was to check the LINK part. That did it. Mel "Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message .. . Hi Mel, You could use IncludeText fields to pull the schedule.doc info into the various syllabi. More information on them he http://word.mvps.org/faqs/tblsfldsfm...textfields.htm However, I wonder if it is worth the trouble. Assuming you are updating the syllabi each term anyhow, it's not that much trouble to paste in a schedule, even for 4-5 courses. I suppose over years it could save some time, as long as you don't reorganize your hard drive much, as moving the files might break the IncludeText fields, which use a filepath. You'd still need to open each syllabus and trigger the update each term. If you change your schedule *during* the term and want otherwise stable syllabi to automatically update the schedule portion, that could work okay on your computer, but presumably you have already distributed the syllabus and put a copy on the web, and those copies are not going to reflect any such changes. I definitely wouldn't go the mail merge route. Another option could be to create a single AutoText each term, and then quickly enter that into each syllabus. More info on that he http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AutoText.htm AutoText is a skill you'd be likely to use in a number of contexts, more so than IncludeText, though using it in this context is not necessarily any faster than copy and paste. AutoTexts do not update, you'd need to delete and re-enter the changed one each term. Hope that helps, On 8/16/06 10:03 AM, "MZB" wrote: I am a college professor. I have one .doc called Schedule. It is just a brief table with my class schedule. Each term I create a syllabus for each course and that includes a copy of my schedule. I generally just update my schedule and then copy/paste into each syllabus. Is there any way that each syllabus could dynamically go to my schedule.doc file and update itself whenever I change my schedule? Mel -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://word.mvps.org/Mac/WordMacHome.html What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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