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Select a Single Page (w/format) or Insert pages from external file
I am working on a Word document that is going to be sent electronically to a
customer. It's at least 150 pages long; some pages are in Portrait format and a few are in Landscape due to the graphics included in these pages. (My version is Word 2003.) Upon reviewing the document, we need to insert a page in Landscape amidst several Portrait, and as far as I know, my only option is to insert a page break and select the Landscape format for that portion of the report forward. This leads me to 3 questions: 1. Is there a command to select landsdcape for a single page? I clearly don't want to have to go back through 150 pages and re-do all the formatting because of a page I inserted at page 20. Currently, my only option is select landscape from this point forward, then select Portrait from this point forward for the next page, and go to the next sheet that needs to be landscape and repeat the process through 150 pages. 2. Is there a way to select a single page? I imagine a process similar to selecting a slide in Power Point. I have another Landscape page in this Document and thought perhaps I could just select that page and copy it to insert it as a Landscape page where I need one, but alas, that is not the case. As far as I can see there is no way I can select an actual page to move it...rather just the content on the page. Am I incorrect? 3. Is it possible to insert pages from other word documents? I currently have two word documents that need to be combined. While I could click CTRL A and copy and paste the content of one document into the other, there is still the issue of the page formatting loss with the landscape and portrait orientations. In Power Point, I can insert slides from other files with just a couple of clicks...it would be great if I could insert specific pages from one word file into another and have them look exactly the way they did in their original file. I'm not a fan of Word due to the restrictions and quirks it has, however I have no choice but to use Word for this document (Customer's request). If anyone knows a solution to the questions or issues I addressed, please let me know. Michelle |
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Correction, I have Word 2000. I don't buy the software for my company, so
I'm stuck with this for now... "ChelleMeister" wrote: I am working on a Word document that is going to be sent electronically to a customer. It's at least 150 pages long; some pages are in Portrait format and a few are in Landscape due to the graphics included in these pages. (My version is Word 2003.) Upon reviewing the document, we need to insert a page in Landscape amidst several Portrait, and as far as I know, my only option is to insert a page break and select the Landscape format for that portion of the report forward. This leads me to 3 questions: 1. Is there a command to select landsdcape for a single page? I clearly don't want to have to go back through 150 pages and re-do all the formatting because of a page I inserted at page 20. Currently, my only option is select landscape from this point forward, then select Portrait from this point forward for the next page, and go to the next sheet that needs to be landscape and repeat the process through 150 pages. 2. Is there a way to select a single page? I imagine a process similar to selecting a slide in Power Point. I have another Landscape page in this Document and thought perhaps I could just select that page and copy it to insert it as a Landscape page where I need one, but alas, that is not the case. As far as I can see there is no way I can select an actual page to move it...rather just the content on the page. Am I incorrect? 3. Is it possible to insert pages from other word documents? I currently have two word documents that need to be combined. While I could click CTRL A and copy and paste the content of one document into the other, there is still the issue of the page formatting loss with the landscape and portrait orientations. In Power Point, I can insert slides from other files with just a couple of clicks...it would be great if I could insert specific pages from one word file into another and have them look exactly the way they did in their original file. I'm not a fan of Word due to the restrictions and quirks it has, however I have no choice but to use Word for this document (Customer's request). If anyone knows a solution to the questions or issues I addressed, please let me know. Michelle |
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Word is a word processing application and does not really see the €śpages€ť
such as PowerPoint slides, it is just that the content is long enough to spread across a number of pages according to the page size applied. 1. Insert Section break at the start of your new lansdscape page, also add section break at the end of the new section. Then apply Landscape for this section only. Then the rest of your document will not change orientation. If you are using Headers and Footers, remember to deactivate the €śSame as previous€ť function for both areas for the new section and the section immediately following. 2. You are correct. As discussed before as Word does not work in€ťpages€ť it is not an issue of selecting a page, only the content that happens to be on that section of the document. You could select the existing landscape section and paste it into the place for a new section. Ensure that you include in your ciopying selection both starting and ending section breaks. 3. As Word is based on Styles, copying content from other files can introduce conflicting styles and hence annoying formatting issues. The orientation does not necessarily affect formating but it obviously affects layout issues. If you work with the section breaks your problems should be a thing of the past. Word is a very powerful tool for word processing and, like with every other application, once the working procedures are learnt, very easy to use. Even Powerpoint has its fair share of problems, it is a Microsoft application afterall ;-) Have look at the MVP site which has practically eveything a user needs to do the simplest to the complex tasks within Word. http://word.mvps.org/index.html Dont give up on Word, once you learn to bend it to your will, it will start behaving, honest. Best of luck. DeanH "ChelleMeister" wrote: Correction, I have Word 2000. I don't buy the software for my company, so I'm stuck with this for now... "ChelleMeister" wrote: I am working on a Word document that is going to be sent electronically to a customer. It's at least 150 pages long; some pages are in Portrait format and a few are in Landscape due to the graphics included in these pages. (My version is Word 2003.) Upon reviewing the document, we need to insert a page in Landscape amidst several Portrait, and as far as I know, my only option is to insert a page break and select the Landscape format for that portion of the report forward. This leads me to 3 questions: 1. Is there a command to select landsdcape for a single page? I clearly don't want to have to go back through 150 pages and re-do all the formatting because of a page I inserted at page 20. Currently, my only option is select landscape from this point forward, then select Portrait from this point forward for the next page, and go to the next sheet that needs to be landscape and repeat the process through 150 pages. 2. Is there a way to select a single page? I imagine a process similar to selecting a slide in Power Point. I have another Landscape page in this Document and thought perhaps I could just select that page and copy it to insert it as a Landscape page where I need one, but alas, that is not the case. As far as I can see there is no way I can select an actual page to move it...rather just the content on the page. Am I incorrect? 3. Is it possible to insert pages from other word documents? I currently have two word documents that need to be combined. While I could click CTRL A and copy and paste the content of one document into the other, there is still the issue of the page formatting loss with the landscape and portrait orientations. In Power Point, I can insert slides from other files with just a couple of clicks...it would be great if I could insert specific pages from one word file into another and have them look exactly the way they did in their original file. I'm not a fan of Word due to the restrictions and quirks it has, however I have no choice but to use Word for this document (Customer's request). If anyone knows a solution to the questions or issues I addressed, please let me know. Michelle |
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Michelle -
At the bottom of the page before where you want the landscaped page. Insert a Next Page Section Break. Insert some material as a place holder. After your place holder insert a Next Page Section Break. Place your cursor in the placeholder material. From the File menu, select Page Setup Select the Paper Size tab Change the Orientation to Landscape Make sure it says Apply to: *This Section* Click OK You can now insert your landscaped material -- Dawn Crosier Microsoft MVP "Education Lasts a Lifetime" This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn as well. "ChelleMeister" wrote in message : I am working on a Word document that is going to be sent electronically to a customer. It's at least 150 pages long; some pages are in Portrait format and a few are in Landscape due to the graphics included in these pages. (My version is Word 2003.) Upon reviewing the document, we need to insert a page in Landscape amidst several Portrait, and as far as I know, my only option is to insert a page break and select the Landscape format for that portion of the report forward. This leads me to 3 questions: 1. Is there a command to select landsdcape for a single page? I clearly don't want to have to go back through 150 pages and re-do all the formatting because of a page I inserted at page 20. Currently, my only option is select landscape from this point forward, then select Portrait from this point forward for the next page, and go to the next sheet that needs to be landscape and repeat the process through 150 pages. 2. Is there a way to select a single page? I imagine a process similar to selecting a slide in Power Point. I have another Landscape page in this Document and thought perhaps I could just select that page and copy it to insert it as a Landscape page where I need one, but alas, that is not the case. As far as I can see there is no way I can select an actual page to move it...rather just the content on the page. Am I incorrect? 3. Is it possible to insert pages from other word documents? I currently have two word documents that need to be combined. While I could click CTRL A and copy and paste the content of one document into the other, there is still the issue of the page formatting loss with the landscape and portrait orientations. In Power Point, I can insert slides from other files with just a couple of clicks...it would be great if I could insert specific pages from one word file into another and have them look exactly the way they did in their original file. I'm not a fan of Word due to the restrictions and quirks it has, however I have no choice but to use Word for this document (Customer's request). If anyone knows a solution to the questions or issues I addressed, please let me know. Michelle No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.0/1046 - Release Date: 10/3/2007 10:08 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.0/1046 - Release Date: 10/3/2007 10:08 AM |
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