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Multiple files into a master document
I need to merge Word docs. from many departments into one master Word file.
I can insert them as a link so that if the individual docs change the master updates - no problem. However each doc has it's own format so when they are inserted they look like crap. How do I link to them and keep the original format so they don't all have to be redone (yuk)????? |
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Multiple files into a master document
Barbarian:
Your contributors should, at a minimum, be encouraged to use a common set of style names. Their articles can then be "unified" by applying the template of the compound document -- which would also use those style names. The best case would be for them to use the same template, and to refrain from changing style definitions or applying manual formatting. The only provision I know of for automatically retaining individual style definitions is Word's Master Document feature. You can read about that in the Help. Many will caution you against using this feature, but for assembling documents into a compound document for publication only, it's not too bad. Just remember to work only with backups of your source documents, as the Master Document feature may corrupt them. Bear Windows XP, Word 2000 "Barbarian" wrote: I need to merge Word docs. from many departments into one master Word file. I can insert them as a link so that if the individual docs change the master updates - no problem. However each doc has it's own format so when they are inserted they look like crap. How do I link to them and keep the original format so they don't all have to be redone (yuk)????? |
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