combining documents with different templates and styles

[caysimpson]

I have a file that contains 30 different documents, with different
formatting, headers and footers, etc. I need to combine these into a single
document, but preserve the graphic integrity of the documents. Converting to
pdf causes some of the graphics to muddy up, while other graphics get lost
completely. Is there a way to combine the Word documents into a single Word
document but preserve the different styles, etc. I'm prepared to do this
from scratch, but if there is a way to combine them that would save time,
that would be preferable. Any help at all would be appreciated.

 

[Graham Mayor]

If the documents use different formats applied with the same style names
then it will not be possible to integrate them into a single document and
preserve the layouts. The best that you can manage would be achieved with
http://www.gmayor.com/Boiler.htm . If the style names in each document are
unique then you may have more success.

If you really do need to combine disparate document layouts, PDF should be
the way forward (though as a finished PDF document, not as PDF pages
inserted into Word) and with the correct settings the graphics should be
seen as you have them in Word. Maybe you need a better PDF creation tool?

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