Fitting subdocuments into Master Documents

[Guest]

I am using Word 2003 and have created a series of documents as part of a
larger one. Each of these may be of one or several pages, portriat or
landscape, with text and tables or drawings. To unite these, copy and paste
did not work well, so it seems creating a Master Document is the way to go,
especially allowing editing later on. Is this correct? The problem is, when I
move the documents into the Master Document, it pushes the text and tables
around, destroying the original layout. The margins on my originals are
narrow, about 1.5 cm and I would prefer not to change these. Suggestions?

 

[Stefan Blom]

Master documents tend to corrupt, so I wouldn't recommend using one. But
note that you can use Insert | File to add documents to a "master." You
can simply insert the documents, by clicking the Insert button, or you
can link the documents, by clicking the arrow next to the Insert button
and then choosing "Insert as Link." Note that you can also save
modifications in the "master" back to the original documents by pressing
Ctrl+Shift+F7. For more, see
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/tblsfldsfms/includetextfields.htm.

To preserve formatting when inserting (or pasting) text, see
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/WorkWithSections.htm.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


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I am using Word 2003 and have created a series of documents as part of a
larger one. Each of these may be of one or several pages, portriat or
landscape, with text and tables or drawings. To unite these, copy and paste
did not work well, so it seems creating a Master Document is the way to go,
especially allowing editing later on. Is this correct? The problem is, when I
move the documents into the Master Document, it pushes the text and tables
around, destroying the original layout. The margins on my originals are
narrow, about 1.5 cm and I would prefer not to change these.

Suggestions?