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MS Office Forum / Word / Page Layout / January 2004Insert File
This post is a repeat of an identical one in microsoft.public.word.docmanagement, which doesn't seem to have much traffic. Word 2000: If I Insert a File that is Doc2 into Doc1, what information from Doc2 is inserted into Doc1 other than the text? Headers? Styles? Macros? I've done some testing, but it is not conclusive. New Info: I'm still trying to create template that are configured to automatically open my standard letterhead template and then insert text specific to the template. For example, pastdue.dot, when opened, would start a new document based on letterhead.dot and then insert the text imported from pastdue.doc. The idea is that when letterhead.dot changes, it would only have to be changed in one place. I think I could figure out how to do this with macros, but I think there should be an easier way. Cindy posted a suggestion previously that I tried, but I could not get it to work. The help available for Insert as link and Insert files seems to be quite limited. Thanks! > This post is a repeat of an identical one in > microsoft.public.word.docmanagement, which doesn't seem to have much [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Thanks! Suzanne answered the original question, so please disregard. I have figured out one way to accomplish my objective, but the solution is not optimal. 1) File | New | Letterhead -- save as letterhead.doc (note .doc extension) 2) Close letterhead.doc 3) New blank document 4) Insert | Field | InserText "Doc1.doc" 5) Insert | Field | InsertText "Doc2.doc" 6) SaveAs insert.dot Then I created an AutoNew macro specific to insert.dot that includes the command, ActiveDocument.Content.Fields.Unlink to unlink the fields. While this solution works well, and I know this seems to be a trivial matter, but I really want Doc1.doc to be letterhead.dot so that I only have to update the letterhead template in one place. That is, the normal sequence would be, 1) File | New | insert 2) [Creates a new document based on letterhead.dot] 3) Inserts Doc2.doc 4) Unlinks fields Is there a better way? The usual suggestion is to create letterhead templates using an AutoText *field* for the actual letterhead. Then when you need to change the letterhead, you modify the AutoText entry and update the field in the template. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word)  SignatureWords into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > > This post is a repeat of an identical one in > > microsoft.public.word.docmanagement, which doesn't seem to have much [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] > > Is there a better way? > The usual suggestion is to create letterhead templates using an AutoText > *field* for the actual letterhead. Then when you need to change the > letterhead, you modify the AutoText entry and update the field in the > template. What are the steps for doign so? Maybe this will work. Is AutoText stored in normal.dot? > The usual suggestion is to create letterhead templates using an AutoText > *field* for the actual letterhead. Then when you need to change the > letterhead, you modify the AutoText entry and update the field in the > template. Just figured it out. However, I will still have to figure out how to UnlinkFields in the header and footer because, after the letter is printed, the content of the original document cannot change. That is, if I send you a letter today and update the AutoText for the header tomorrow, if I open the letter on Tuesday, it must have today's information in the header. Does that make sense??? Is there a better way to unlink the fields than with an AutoNew macro? I don't think ActiveDocument.Content.Fields.Unlink works on headers unless I open the header, run it, and then close the header. Charles Kenyon has evidently got this figured out in his letterhead templates. You might have a look at his Web site. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) SignatureWords into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > > The usual suggestion is to create letterhead templates using an AutoText > > *field* for the actual letterhead. Then when you need to change the [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > don't think ActiveDocument.Content.Fields.Unlink works on headers unless > I open the header, run it, and then close the header. Can't seem to get to his web site. Is it still http://www.addbalance.com? > Charles Kenyon has evidently got this figured out in his letterhead > templates. You might have a look at his Web site. [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > don't think ActiveDocument.Content.Fields.Unlink works on headers unless > > I open the header, run it, and then close the header. I think he's changed the domain lately. Let me see if I can find a recent post. Hmm. His sig on a 1/13/04 post is: Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: <URL: http://addbalance.com/word/index.htm> -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) SignatureWords into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > Can't seem to get to his web site. Is it still > http://www.addbalance.com? [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > > don't think ActiveDocument.Content.Fields.Unlink works on headers unless > > > I open the header, run it, and then close the header. |
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