Word 2000 - Inserting another Word document...

[Dave Onex]

Hi Folks;

I'm hoping someone can help me with this. I'm using Word 2000 and I have a
long existing letter. I have a separate word document that's a cover sheet.

I'd like to add the coversheet to the start of my existing document. I tried
to copy & paste but there is background images (watermarks?) that don't get
copied.

How can I get that first word document into my existing one?

Thanks!
Dave

 

[isaia]

Try inserting a section break at the end of the the "cover" file. Then
insert the file into your "letter" file. You may have to resize margins,
however.

 

[Dave Onex]

Thanks for the tip!

I tried doing that but it did not seem to work. It seems to add the file in
a similar way as an attachment to an email. I was hoping that it would be
more like a copy & paste and that I would see the document at the top of my
letter.

For some reason, copying and pasting does not pick up all the images (they
seem to be watermarks or background images).

I'm not sure what to do now. There must be a way....

 

[Nina]

Hi Dave,
Excuse me for second guessing you but are you sure when you selected the
text in the cover (to copy), you included the section break? I ask because
selecting a section break can be tricky. I usually select one character
beyond the section break to ensure I've "captured" it. Also, do you have the
Show/Hide button on your standard toolbar set to show; that is, is it
highlighted (active)? If so, you would be able to see the section break and,
thus, ensure that you have selected it along with the preceding text.
If you are sure that you selected the section break along with your text and
pasted it all into your letter document, well, then, I'm out of suggestions.
Hopefully, another, wiser, user can help enlighten us both!
Good luck!

 

[Dave Onex]

Hi Nina - thanks for the reply!

I just went back and tried it again - this time with the show/hide button
set to show. So, I was able to visually see the section break in the source
document and be sure it was selected. When doing that it was clear that the
copy feature was not selecting the background.

The source document is actually a wizard generated letter. So it has an
image of the globe and some other stuff that I think are typically called
watermarks (grey background images).

When I do a copy and paste it gets all the foreground stuff but leaves
behind the background stuff :-(

No worries about second guessing me - I'm not a word expert by any means

Best & Thanks;
Dave