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It's amazingly easy when you pay attention! (Which is my very problem
sometimes!)
I read about that technique, of course, in Word's Help. First, I copied the
file itself, from Windows Explorer. That didn't work. Then I copied the
contents, but closed the file before Pasting - Special into the destination
doc. When you do that, the Paste: Link option is not available in the
dialog box, so I was stuck!
Thank you to all who responded.
-----Original Message-----
From: Dick Margulis [mailto:margulis -at- mail -dot- fiam -dot- net]
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 10:31 AM
To: Paul Gerle
Subject: Re: Modular Documents with Word (Yuch!)
Paul,
The obvious answer (maybe not the correct answer) is Copy/Paste. However, I
take it you want to preserve linkage to the text in the original building
block files.
To do this,
1. Copy the original block (Select All, then Copy)
2. Edit > Paste Special
3. Select the "Paste link" radio button
4. Select "Formatted Text (RTF)"
5. Click OK
This should do the trick.
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Paul Gerle <paulg -at- mdli -dot- com>
Reply-To: Paul Gerle <paulg -at- mdli -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 09:34:16 -0500
>Listers,
>
>I need to import multiple small, 1 - 2 page Word files ("building blocks")
>into larger Word documents ("shells").
>
>I've been using Insert - Object - Create from File with Link to File
>checked. All is well for building blocks less than a page.
>
>What do I need to do when importing a building block of more than a page in
>length to prevent cropping?
>
>My employer is having (big) trouble with our ISP, so I can't perform a
>search of the archives on this.
>
>Lord, give me FrameMaker!
>
>Please respond directly to paulg -at- mdli -dot- com if you have an answer.
>
>Thank you in advance,
>
>Paul
>
>
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