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merging multiple documents without losing formatting
This is my first post, so thanks in advance for your help...
Firstly, I'm using word 2007. I have in excess of 40 documents to merge into one, and create a table of contents. each of the original documents has different formatting, orientations and margins. to make things more difficult some use different font styles. the numbering on the font styles has been removed on the original files but when I "insert" "text from file" I lose the original formatting and the numbering on the font styles re-appears on the new document. the inserted text (and tables) now spill over to the next page, even though they did not on the original document. so, two things: how do I merge many documents and keep their formatting? how do I easily remove the numbers in front of text that has had a style attributed to it? Thanks for your help....... |
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Answer: merging multiple documents without losing formatting
Hi there! Merging multiple documents into one can be a bit tricky, but I'm happy to help you out. Here are some steps you can follow to merge your documents while keeping their formatting:
To remove the numbers in front of text that has had a style attributed to it, you can follow these steps:
This should remove the numbers from the selected text while keeping the style intact.
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merging multiple documents without losing formatting
(1) Are the original files Word documents? If so, what do you mean by
"numbering on the font styles"? Word has "Paragraph styles" and "Character styles," and every iota of text has some Paragraph style attached to it, and these can't be "removed." So you might need to first convert each original file to a Word file? (2) You can't have Paragraph styles with the _same name_ and _different formatting properties_ in different original files, because any one Paragraph style can have only one set of properties in an entire document. So if various original files have, say, a Normal paragraph, but Normal is formatted diffferently in various original files, you'll need to rename all those styles to different names (something as simple as Normal1, Normal2, etc., would do). (3) When you're certain there are no style name conflicts between original files, go to the end of the base document into which you want to insert the original files and add a Section Break Next Page (Page Layout tab Breaks). Then "Insert" "text from file" the first one, add a Section Break Next Page, and so on through the entire document. (4) Assuming you want the pagination to continue from beginning to end through all the sections (which seems desirable since you want a ToC for the whole thing), if it doesn't, then go to the Header for each Section in turn, beginning at the beginning, and use the Format Page Number button to set the page numbering to Continue from Previous Section. On Mar 10, 7:53*am, Aaron... wrote: This is my first post, so thanks in advance for your help... Firstly, I'm using word 2007. I have in excess of 40 documents to merge into one, and create a table of contents. each of the original documents has different formatting, orientations and margins. to make things more difficult some use different font styles. the numbering on the font styles has been removed on the original files but when I "insert" "text from file" I lose the original formatting and the numbering on the font styles re-appears on the new document. the inserted text (and tables) now spill over to the next page, even though they did not on the original document. so, two things: how do I merge many documents and keep their formatting? how do I easily remove the numbers in front of text that has had a style attributed to it? Thanks for your help....... |
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merging multiple documents without losing formatting
(1) Are the original files Word documents? If so, what do you mean by
"numbering on the font styles"? Word has "Paragraph styles" and "Character styles," and every iota of text has some Paragraph style attached to it, and these can't be "removed." So you might need to first convert each original file to a Word file? (2) You can't have Paragraph styles with the _same name_ and _different formatting properties_ in different original files, because any one Paragraph style can have only one set of properties in an entire document. So if various original files have, say, a Normal paragraph, but Normal is formatted diffferently in various original files, you'll need to rename all those styles to different names (something as simple as Normal1, Normal2, etc., would do). (3) When you're certain there are no style name conflicts between original files, go to the end of the base document into which you want to insert the original files and add a Section Break Next Page (Page Layout tab Breaks). Then "Insert" "text from file" the first one, add a Section Break Next Page, and so on through the entire document. (4) Assuming you want the pagination to continue from beginning to end through all the sections (which seems desirable since you want a ToC for the whole thing), if it doesn't, then go to the Header for each Section in turn, beginning at the beginning, and use the Format Page Number button to set the page numbering to Continue from Previous Section. On Mar 10, 7:53*am, Aaron... wrote: This is my first post, so thanks in advance for your help... Firstly, I'm using word 2007. I have in excess of 40 documents to merge into one, and create a table of contents. each of the original documents has different formatting, orientations and margins. to make things more difficult some use different font styles. the numbering on the font styles has been removed on the original files but when I "insert" "text from file" I lose the original formatting and the numbering on the font styles re-appears on the new document. the inserted text (and tables) now spill over to the next page, even though they did not on the original document. so, two things: how do I merge many documents and keep their formatting? how do I easily remove the numbers in front of text that has had a style attributed to it? Thanks for your help....... |
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