Combine Word Documents?

[twiddleedee]

Hi,
I'm sorry this conversation didn't continue as I would've benefitted from
more details. I'm having the same problem in Word 2008, trying to copy
formatted text (ie, indents, spacing, bold, italics, etc) from one Word doc
to another. Some are docs are 2008 docx, some are 2003, some are text,
because I've had to work on this project from various computers and then
email my work back to my main computer at home.

The problem is that when I copy them into my main document, I lose my
formatting and just have a huge block of run-on text. Please help!

Thanks!

 

[John McGhie]

Start by reading the Help topic " How formatting is applied when text is
copied and pasted".

Basically, all Word formatting is contained in the paragraph marks. So you
need to turn your paragraph marks on so you can see what you are doing.

Word will try to "match" the formatting of the destination.

If you paste text, the styles will not be copied across if they already
exist in the destination document: the incoming text will adopt the
formatting of the destination styles.

If you format consistently using the built-in styles, text copied from one
document will automatically be correct when pasted into another.

Cheers

Hi,
I'm sorry this conversation didn't continue as I would've benefitted from
more details. I'm having the same problem in Word 2008, trying to copy
formatted text (ie, indents, spacing, bold, italics, etc) from one Word doc
to another. Some are docs are 2008 docx, some are 2003, some are text,
because I've had to work on this project from various computers and then
email my work back to my main computer at home.

The problem is that when I copy them into my main document, I lose my
formatting and just have a huge block of run-on text. Please help!

Thanks!

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