word - can i import another word document and keep its format?

[Guest]

If I import a word file into a new document it takes on the format of the new
document - how do it keep the old files original format. I want to tage a
previous document on to the end of a new document.

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

What kind of formatting are you trying to keep?

For headers and footers, margins, etc, the key is section breaks. See here
for an explanation and a fix.
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/PasteWithoutSectionInfo.htm

If you mean text formatting, see here:
http://shaunakelly.com/word/styles/FormatOfTextChanges.html

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Actually, the first article Daiya cited is the opposite of what you want;
see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/WorkWithSections.htm instead.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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