I need to insert a folder full of files and I want to do it in one Insert
File operation.
I've tried it and it seems to work almost OK - but not quite:

Here's the procedu

Insert / File / [view the directory of interst] [highlight all the files
wanted to insert]/ Click Insert.

This works pretty well but not all the files show up in the order expected.

Note: The file names are of the form "abcedfg_YYYY_MM_DD.doc" where abcdefg
is always the same string - so the files are sorted chronologically if
sorted by name.

Most of the inserted files are in chronological order - but not quite all of
them.

What determines the order in which they are inserted? How can I do what I
want/

Thanks,

Fred

There's a bug in Windows that makes this type of insertion haphazard. You
would be better using a macro solution - try boiler.dot linked from the
downloads page of my web site which will assemble files in any order.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


Fred Marshall wrote:
I need to insert a folder full of files and I want to do it in one
Insert File operation.
I've tried it and it seems to work almost OK - but not quite:

Here's the procedu

Insert / File / [view the directory of interst] [highlight all the
files wanted to insert]/ Click Insert.

This works pretty well but not all the files show up in the order
expected.
Note: The file names are of the form "abcedfg_YYYY_MM_DD.doc" where
abcdefg is always the same string - so the files are sorted
chronologically if sorted by name.

Most of the inserted files are in chronological order - but not quite
all of them.

What determines the order in which they are inserted? How can I do
what I want/

Thanks,

Fred