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We have 17 different 'manuals' that I need to create. All have the same
similar first few pages, cover page, TOC, etc. I have created a 'template' with a cover page, TOC, Org Chart, saved the headings as I'd like them, using various styles etc, and saved it as a *.dot. Now, I'd like to 'merge' a plain text doc into this *.dot so I can format the headings, body text indent, etc. I've tried going both ways with the Merge & Compare, (Merge into, and Merge to New) but each time I get the same results... which is not what I need. If I reject the changes, I end up with nothing, and if I accept the changes, I get what I don't want. Does that make any sense? I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong... is there a better way? Each paragraph of the 'plain text' doc is numbered and I need a way to automatically remove all of those numbers as well. Unfortunately, they are using 'bullets & numbering', they were manually added. I also need to be able to include a Reference at the end of the paragraph that will create an index at the end of the 'manual'. I've created this before using the concordance. All in all, it takes about 1 full day to create one manual, but was wondering if there is any easier way. Thanks... |
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ok... I thought I was making it much harder than it should be.
As for removing the manual paragraph numbering, is there an easier way than, "down arrow, delete, repeat"? Thanks! "Peter A" wrote: In article , says... We have 17 different 'manuals' that I need to create. All have the same similar first few pages, cover page, TOC, etc. I have created a 'template' with a cover page, TOC, Org Chart, saved the headings as I'd like them, using various styles etc, and saved it as a *.dot. Now, I'd like to 'merge' a plain text doc into this *.dot so I can format the headings, body text indent, etc. I've tried going both ways with the Merge & Compare, (Merge into, and Merge to New) but each time I get the same results... which is not what I need. If I reject the changes, I end up with nothing, and if I accept the changes, I get what I don't want. Does that make any sense? I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong... is there a better way? Each paragraph of the 'plain text' doc is numbered and I need a way to automatically remove all of those numbers as well. Unfortunately, they are using 'bullets & numbering', they were manually added. I also need to be able to include a Reference at the end of the paragraph that will create an index at the end of the 'manual'. I've created this before using the concordance. All in all, it takes about 1 full day to create one manual, but was wondering if there is any easier way. Thanks... You don't "merge" anything into a template, Word does not work that way. You need to create documents (*.doc), each based on the template, and then insert the text files and proceed with your formatting. -- Peter Aitken Author, MS Word for Medical and Technical Writers www.tech-word.com |
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If the paragraphs have a hanging indent (not likely if it's a text file) you
could use column-select (Alt+drag) to select just the numbers and delete. Or, depending on the formatting after the number, you might be able to use Find and Replace to delete them. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Barb" wrote in message news  ok... I thought I was making it much harder than it should be. As for removing the manual paragraph numbering, is there an easier way than, "down arrow, delete, repeat"? Thanks! "Peter A" wrote: In article , says... We have 17 different 'manuals' that I need to create. All have the same similar first few pages, cover page, TOC, etc. I have created a 'template' with a cover page, TOC, Org Chart, saved the headings as I'd like them, using various styles etc, and saved it as a *.dot. Now, I'd like to 'merge' a plain text doc into this *.dot so I can format the headings, body text indent, etc. I've tried going both ways with the Merge & Compare, (Merge into, and Merge to New) but each time I get the same results... which is not what I need. If I reject the changes, I end up with nothing, and if I accept the changes, I get what I don't want. Does that make any sense? I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong... is there a better way? Each paragraph of the 'plain text' doc is numbered and I need a way to automatically remove all of those numbers as well. Unfortunately, they are using 'bullets & numbering', they were manually added. I also need to be able to include a Reference at the end of the paragraph that will create an index at the end of the 'manual'. I've created this before using the concordance. All in all, it takes about 1 full day to create one manual, but was wondering if there is any easier way. Thanks... You don't "merge" anything into a template, Word does not work that way. You need to create documents (*.doc), each based on the template, and then insert the text files and proceed with your formatting. -- Peter Aitken Author, MS Word for Medical and Technical Writers www.tech-word.com |
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