See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...thSections.htm. But you would
be much better advised to set up a single layout for the entire book and
adjust paragraph margins as required. Generally, a few simple styles will
suffice.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Florentine" wrote in message
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i'm using word 2003 w/XP. i'm creating a book. i've saved individual poems
as
separate files all paginated with margins, fonts, drop cap, etc. Now that
I'm
ready to bring each file into its proper page and create the layout, all
the
pagination is getting lost when I Insert each into one document.

Is there no way to make this work? It's all the same program, after all.
I'm
pulling my hair out, what's left of it. It's 150 pages, so saving each
file
as a PDF will take days.
thanks!