Preserving formatting from INCLUDETEXT

[Guest]

I have a main document that has several INCLUDETEXT commands. The
INCLUDETEXT works, but changes the formatting of my include document. I do
not want the main document to change my include documents. Can I prevent this
from happening by removing the \* MERGEFORMAT string?

 

[Guest]

As far as I can tell, the \* MERGEFORMAT switch will not do what you want.
You could use the \* CHARFORMAT switch and then format the field code in the
desired font and size. But the best approach is to use unique formatting in
the inserted document, for example, apply styles not used in the target
document.