Hi,

On my harddisc I have several plain word-textfiles, f.i.

A.doc
B.doc
C.doc
D.doc

When I want to insert some of these files in a new empty word-doc, I
choose 'insert file' in Word and I get the 'explorer pop-up' to search
the files I want to insert.

If I want to insert only files A, C and D in this order, I use CTRL
to choose the 3 files I want.

The problem is that if I use the CTRL-method, always the last file
(in this case D) is inserted first, so the order on my page is D, A, C!
But I want the order to be A, C, D!

If I use CTRL + A (to select all files A, B, C and D) there is not a
problem and the insert order is OK!

Does anyone have a solution to this problem?
(In explorer my files are in alphabetical order)

Thanks, Mike

Hi Mike-

AFAIK its just how Windows works. Try selecting the files in reverse order
of how you want them inserted. Seems to work for me.

HTH |:)

"Mike" wrote:

Hi,

On my harddisc I have several plain word-textfiles, f.i.

A.doc
B.doc
C.doc
D.doc

When I want to insert some of these files in a new empty word-doc, I
choose 'insert file' in Word and I get the 'explorer pop-up' to search
the files I want to insert.

If I want to insert only files A, C and D in this order, I use CTRL
to choose the 3 files I want.

The problem is that if I use the CTRL-method, always the last file
(in this case D) is inserted first, so the order on my page is D, A, C!
But I want the order to be A, C, D!

If I use CTRL + A (to select all files A, B, C and D) there is not a
problem and the insert order is OK!

Does anyone have a solution to this problem?
(In explorer my files are in alphabetical order)

Thanks, Mike

If the text files really do have a *.doc extension then the boiler.zip macro
downloadable from my web site will insert the files in any order you wish.
It will not work with the *.txt extension.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




Mike wrote:
Hi,

On my harddisc I have several plain word-textfiles, f.i.

A.doc
B.doc
C.doc
D.doc

When I want to insert some of these files in a new empty word-doc, I
choose 'insert file' in Word and I get the 'explorer pop-up' to search
the files I want to insert.

If I want to insert only files A, C and D in this order, I use CTRL
to choose the 3 files I want.

The problem is that if I use the CTRL-method, always the last file
(in this case D) is inserted first, so the order on my page is D, A,
C! But I want the order to be A, C, D!

If I use CTRL + A (to select all files A, B, C and D) there is not a
problem and the insert order is OK!

Does anyone have a solution to this problem?
(In explorer my files are in alphabetical order)

Thanks, Mike

Hi Mike,

Your post almost suggests the answer, which is quite counter-intuitive:
First select the file you want to insert last, then select the rest in
order.

Cheers


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Hi,

On my harddisc I have several plain word-textfiles, f.i.

A.doc
B.doc
C.doc
D.doc

When I want to insert some of these files in a new empty word-doc, I
choose 'insert file' in Word and I get the 'explorer pop-up' to search
the files I want to insert.

If I want to insert only files A, C and D in this order, I use CTRL
to choose the 3 files I want.

The problem is that if I use the CTRL-method, always the last file
(in this case D) is inserted first, so the order on my page is D, A, C!
But I want the order to be A, C, D!

If I use CTRL + A (to select all files A, B, C and D) there is not a
problem and the insert order is OK!

Does anyone have a solution to this problem?
(In explorer my files are in alphabetical order)

Thanks, Mike