Inserting doc messes up header

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When I insert one doc into another, it messes up my header. Details are as
follows:

--> The header in the receiving doc has a two cross-references.
--> The template I'm using for the receiving doc *used* to have a line of
text instead of one of the cross-references.
--> When the new doc is inserted, one of the xrefs disappears and the old
text that used to be there reappears.
--> In the template, I have CTRL+A'd the header, deleted, then re-built it,
saved, etc. Yet this old, long-deleted text continues to reappear in place of
the xref.
--> Each receiving doc is based on an untouched, brand new doc created with
this template.

I need to use this template for approximately 50 more docs and would prefer
not having to completely rebuild it -- any suggestions are greatly
appreciated.

-Hans
 
Hi Hans,

Some educated guesses:

1. Have you used Alt+F9 to see what kinds of field codes are in the Header?

2. Did the template (and thus the document) perhaps have "Different first page"
activated, so that the change you're seeing is actually coming from a header
definition for additional pages?

3. Are you using sections and section breaks in any of these documents?
When I insert one doc into another, it messes up my header. Details are as
follows:

--> The header in the receiving doc has a two cross-references.
--> The template I'm using for the receiving doc *used* to have a line of
text instead of one of the cross-references.
--> When the new doc is inserted, one of the xrefs disappears and the old
text that used to be there reappears.
--> In the template, I have CTRL+A'd the header, deleted, then re-built it,
saved, etc. Yet this old, long-deleted text continues to reappear in place of
the xref.
--> Each receiving doc is based on an untouched, brand new doc created with
this template.

I need to use this template for approximately 50 more docs and would prefer
not having to completely rebuild it -- any suggestions are greatly
appreciated.
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Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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Hi Cindy,

Thank you for taking the time to reply to my inquiry.

I ended up re-building the template from scratch; for some reason, doing so
solved the problem!

Thanks again.

Regards,

-Hans in Seattle
 
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