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Create one Document from different blocks of saved text
Hi Guys...
I would like to create a document from selected smaller documents. For example a rework person reads a document that tells them what part to exchange on a circuit board, this is called a ECO, its just some text that tells the operator what to do, each ECO has a special number. Now each circuit board has 10-20 differnet ECO numbers (ECO 52761 for example), and we have over 100 different circuit boards and alot of these share the same ECO number. What I would like to do is have a template and instead of writing all the text ,describing what needs to be done, just enter a ECO number and it will go and retreive the text from a folder that contains all the ECO's in seperate word documents. Example: Board Part Number: 100500200 ECO50222 Replace this IC with another IC ECO50242 Link this wire with that pin ECO50421 Cut this track here Thanks for the help Adrian |
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Hi Adrian,
I'm not familiar with progamming Microsoft Word Macros / VBA however I have one suggestion to make in order to solve your problem. Have you seen the Outline View? The good thing about the Outline View is that you can actually insert subdocuments onto your main document. To insert a subdocument: In Word 2003, go to the outline view. There you'll see the outlining toolbar. In the outlining toolbar click the insert subdocument icon (fourth from the right on a resolution of 1024x768) and select the document you wish to add to the document. In Word 2007, go to the outline view. The outlining tab will appear on the ribbon. Click show Document then click insert from there you will be able to select the document which you would want to insert. Tell me if this one helps! -- Chester C. Coronel Junior BSIT Student University of Asia and the Pacific, Philippines http://msforums.ph/blogs/chestercoronel "AdeTuc" wrote: Hi Guys... I would like to create a document from selected smaller documents. For example a rework person reads a document that tells them what part to exchange on a circuit board, this is called a ECO, its just some text that tells the operator what to do, each ECO has a special number. Now each circuit board has 10-20 differnet ECO numbers (ECO 52761 for example), and we have over 100 different circuit boards and alot of these share the same ECO number. What I would like to do is have a template and instead of writing all the text ,describing what needs to be done, just enter a ECO number and it will go and retreive the text from a folder that contains all the ECO's in seperate word documents. Example: Board Part Number: 100500200 ECO50222 Replace this IC with another IC ECO50242 Link this wire with that pin ECO50421 Cut this track here Thanks for the help Adrian |
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Have you considered using AutoText entries named for the part numbers? See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AutoText.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "AdeTuc" wrote in message ... Hi Guys... I would like to create a document from selected smaller documents. For example a rework person reads a document that tells them what part to exchange on a circuit board, this is called a ECO, its just some text that tells the operator what to do, each ECO has a special number. Now each circuit board has 10-20 differnet ECO numbers (ECO 52761 for example), and we have over 100 different circuit boards and alot of these share the same ECO number. What I would like to do is have a template and instead of writing all the text ,describing what needs to be done, just enter a ECO number and it will go and retreive the text from a folder that contains all the ECO's in seperate word documents. Example: Board Part Number: 100500200 ECO50222 Replace this IC with another IC ECO50242 Link this wire with that pin ECO50421 Cut this track here Thanks for the help Adrian |
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Suzanne and Chester:
Isn't adding subdocuments in Outline view equivalent to creating a Master Document? AdeTuc might want to be warned that this feature (if it is in fact the Master Document feature) is not stable, and that he should work only with a copy of his subdocuments. Bear |
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I have no idea, having scrupulously avoided Master Documents. In any case, I
suggested using AutoText to insert data; that's not the same as "adding subdocuments," no matter what view you're in. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Bear" wrote in message ... Suzanne and Chester: Isn't adding subdocuments in Outline view equivalent to creating a Master Document? AdeTuc might want to be warned that this feature (if it is in fact the Master Document feature) is not stable, and that he should work only with a copy of his subdocuments. Bear |
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Bear:
Thanks for clarification; You mean that when working with subdocuments he might make unnecessary changes to the subdocuments right? Actually you can unlink the subdocument; This one copies the contents of the linked document to the master document. -- Chester C. Coronel Junior BSIT Student University of Asia and the Pacific, Philippines http://msforums.ph/blogs/chestercoronel "Bear" wrote: Suzanne and Chester: Isn't adding subdocuments in Outline view equivalent to creating a Master Document? AdeTuc might want to be warned that this feature (if it is in fact the Master Document feature) is not stable, and that he should work only with a copy of his subdocuments. Bear |
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Yes, that's what I meant. In the end, whatever process he uses, so long as he
just uses outline view or master documents to insert copies into his target document, he'll be safe. Bear |
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Create one Document from different blocks of saved text
Bear wrote:
Suzanne and Chester: Isn't adding subdocuments in Outline view equivalent to creating a Master Document? AdeTuc might want to be warned that this feature (if it is in fact the Master Document feature) is not stable, and that he should work only with a copy of his subdocuments. Bear No, it's not the same. Master Document mode has a huge number of additional work that it can do, sometimes not very successfully. Outline is indeed a good way to do things with subdocuments. Master Documents CAN be used, with caution, but IMO it's not worth the risk it poses. I DO use Master Documents, but ONLY so I can print several files as one, and have the page numbering/TOC etc., be correct as though it were only one file. I only work with copies of my files though; never the originals. It's usually safe used that way. HTH Pop` |
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