* Create 1 Doc from 10? * (W2002)

I have 10 Word documents I would like to turn into 1 document. Is there a means of accomplishing this in Word, placing them in a particular order, while retaining the formatting of text and images of each respective page??

 

Well, one way would be to pick the document that will be first in order. Go to the end of it, then insert the one you want next. Repeat until they are all inserted. You might want to put a page or section break after each one so all the pages will come out the same as in the originals. Nothing guarantees, however, that all the formatting will stay the same, especially if the ten documents weren't created using the same template.

 

All the documents are of the 'Normal' style and there are no footers and headers.

What I have done here is create a series of documents with text and text around small photos that are centered on each page in such a way that they will print equidistant from the logo and company info at the top and the company tag line at the bottom.

Unfortunately, the 'Insert file' and 'Insert as link' both did what I feared - inserting the text at either the last line or last space of page resulted in the spacing skewed not only by only a line or two, but even inserted half and/or whole blank pages which makes no sense to me at all.

I would like to simply retain the simple formatting and spacing of each page, but somehow join all the pages as they are.

Copying and pasting will not work - it will ruin the centering of the body text between the company logo & info at the top of the stationery and the tag line & company info and the bottom of the stationery.

In essence, I would like to digitally 'tape' the bottom of one page to the top of the next, so to speak, and so on.

 

Try, as suggested, inserting a section break before you do the insert file.

 

Hi, Whit ~

Never used a section break...how do I do that and at what point exactly?

 

Help and search for section break and you'll get specifics on how to (easy enough), what it is (so the thing will make sense), and the various options for the break type.

 

Hi, Newt ~

Did that already. Based on the the 'about' and 'how to' for breaks, it does nothing to accomplish holding the format and spacing - in fact, it sends it further out of synch.

 

At the very end of document 1, Insert > Break > Continuous

Then Insert Document 2

Then another section break

Then Insert Document 3

 

Hi, Whit ~

I followed your suggestion as well as trying 'Next' & 'Page'.

If I start at the very end of the document text, the inserted doc starts on the same page rather than the next page.

If I hit 'Enter' repeatedly to get to the end of the page, insert break, insert page, it is the same as hitting 'Enter' just one more time at the end of the document, starting you off on the next page, so using Insert > Break > Continuous then Insert Document is the long way to get to the next page.

In either case, that still does not insert the document with the same text placement on the page as the original, but rather starts it at the top of the page, again not retaining the placement as original.

Am I doing something wrong? It seems to me that joining simple spaced pages centered on letterhead (no special formatting or footers/headers or anything) should be a very simple task in Word.

 

Stumped!

A suggestion (much as I hate to do this)

Post your problem here if no other suggestions help.

There are a couple of Word gurus (Dreamboat in particular) that should be able to straighten you out.

 

Hi BruceKrymow

Do you have MS-Office installed on your system, you could use "Office Binder" (you may have to install it from your Office CD.) This program can keep related files together. A very brief overview...
Preview or print an individual section in a binder, selected sections in a binder, or the entire binder. The files you add to the binder can be new, blank files or existing files. To add an existing file to a binder, drag the file from Windows Explorer to the left pane of the Office Binder window, or click Add from File on the Section menu in Office Binder.
If you do not have the above available, try using the "Master Documents / Subdocuments" features in Word. I have these features, but have not used them... found them by asking "Mr Clippy ".

 

Hi Bruce,

Might try this, it worked for me.

For each document, use arrow keys to get to the end of all spaces used, then hit enter to the last line on page, then tab to first line of next page, save. Now select all and copy doc.2. From first line of page 2 on doc.1, paste.

Just to make sure, I also went to tools>options>edit tab>settings of cut and paste options, and unchecked 'adjust sentence and word spacing automatically' and 'adjust table formatting and alignment on paste'.

EDIT

When you're done, you can backspace 1 time and save and the 11th 'blank' page will be removed.