Why not copy all of these docs into Notepad or something similar?

Then, drag them all back again into a new Word doc.

Ian Porter
Computer Guys Inc.
Arrowtown
New Zealand
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From: "x40" <Subject: [PCSOFT] Combine multiple Word docs with each pg's
formatting retained?


> Hello,
>
>   I am running Word 2002 (XP), and I have 14 single-page .DOC files,
> each of which has a lot of different formatting which varies from page
> to page (columns, inserted graphics, font styles, etc).  I'd like to
> combine them all into one 14-page document file, while not hosing up
> each page's formatting.  I am amazed at how un-straight-forward this
> appears to be, unless I am even thicker in the head than I feel at the
> moment after numerous unsuccessful attempts.  Simple cutting/pasting
> does horrible things to the formatting, since Word thinks the stuff
> being pasted wants the same formatting as the last line of the existing
> stuff in front of it.  Not a good thing.
>
> I don't want embedded objects, nor Outlining and Subdocuments (unless
> someone can explain how those will give me what I am after) ... surely
> there is SOME way to achieve this?  A macro perhaps?  I thought I had
> one that I found online, but it also didn't retain the formatting of the
> succeeding pages, so that was a no-go.  I am not experienced with the
> coding of macros, but I can get one installed properly if I have the
> text, and then run it, usually.
>
>
>
> Hope someone can help out -- many thanks.
>
>
> Leeeny Lehner
> email to x40 at mail dot ru
> 13 Jan 2003  0054

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