InsertFile() formatting problem (possibly a bug ?)

[Mike]

Hi! I need to combine a few documents together in such a way that each
document retains its formatting in the resulting document. I tried to put
Continuous Breaks at the start and end of each document as described here:
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/WorkWithSections.htm

Unfortunately, that technique does not seem to work. Formatting changes
anyway. To illustrate my point I created 3 documents AAA.doc, BBB.doc and
CCC.doc that can be downloaded from here:

http://www.freefileupload.net/file.php?file=files/310506/1149117631/FILES.zip
or here:
http://fileshare.variousstuff.net/0000000492/

I need to insert BBB.doc into AAA.doc so the resulting document has the same
formatting as CCC.doc (formatting of AAA and BBB was preserved).

No matter what I’ve done to AAA.doc and BBB.doc, I could not make it look
like CCC.doc.

I am truly lost. Is this a bug I need to report to Microsoft?

What can I do to preserve formatting with InsertFile()?

Infinite thanks in advance,

--Michael

 

[macropod]

Hi Mike,

I you need the source documents to retain their own formatting when linked
to the target file, you must ensure that none of the stylenames used in the
source documents have been formatted differently in the target document. If
they have, they'll adopt the style definitions in the target document.

So, either reserve particular styles in the target document for formatting
with the same properties as are used in the source documents, or use
different style names in the source documents.

Cheers

 

[Mike]

Thank you for taking a look. Is there anything I can do programmatically?
I do not have any control over source documents - they come from a variety
of people.

Many thanks in advance,

--Michael

 

[macropod]

Hi Mike,

In a collaborative work environment, this shouldn't be necessary. It should
be possible to get all parties to agree to work with a common template, to
give the final product a measure of consistency. With everyone doing their
own thing, you end up with a dog's breakfast.

A macro to alter style names in the source documents is certainly possibly,
but do you want to be doing that every time someone send you an update to
their masterpiece?

Cheers

 

[Mike]

Hi! I really appreciate you helping me. Unfortunately, I have no control over
which templates user use to compose their documents. I am an aggregator of
them all.
If I understood you correctly, if I rename each style used in the source
documents with a unique name, then my final document will not have the
formatting changes ?


Infinite thanks in advance,

--Michael

Hi Mike,

In a collaborative work environment, this shouldn't be necessary. It should
be possible to get all parties to agree to work with a common template, to
give the final product a measure of consistency. With everyone doing their
own thing, you end up with a dog's breakfast.

A macro to alter style names in the source documents is certainly possibly,
but do you want to be doing that every time someone send you an update to
their masterpiece?

Cheers

--
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]

Thank you for taking a look. Is there anything I can do programmatically?
I do not have any control over source documents - they come from a variety
of people.

Many thanks in advance,

--Michael

 

[macropod]

Hi Mike,

Correct.

Cheers

--
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]

Hi! I really appreciate you helping me. Unfortunately, I have no control over
which templates user use to compose their documents. I am an aggregator of
them all.
If I understood you correctly, if I rename each style used in the source
documents with a unique name, then my final document will not have the
formatting changes ?


Infinite thanks in advance,

--Michael

Hi Mike,

In a collaborative work environment, this shouldn't be necessary. It should
be possible to get all parties to agree to work with a common template, to
give the final product a measure of consistency. With everyone doing their
own thing, you end up with a dog's breakfast.

A macro to alter style names in the source documents is certainly possibly,
but do you want to be doing that every time someone send you an update to
their masterpiece?

Cheers

--
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]

Thank you for taking a look. Is there anything I can do programmatically?
I do not have any control over source documents - they come from a variety
of people.

Many thanks in advance,

--Michael

:

Hi Mike,

I you need the source documents to retain their own formatting when linked
to the target file, you must ensure that none of the stylenames used

in
the

source documents have been formatted differently in the target

document.
If

they have, they'll adopt the style definitions in the target document.

So, either reserve particular styles in the target document for formatting
with the same properties as are used in the source documents, or use
different style names in the source documents.

Cheers


Hi! I need to combine a few documents together in such a way that each
document retains its formatting in the resulting document. I tried

to
put

Continuous Breaks at the start and end of each document as

described
here:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/WorkWithSections.htm

Unfortunately, that technique does not seem to work. Formatting changes
anyway. To illustrate my point I created 3 documents AAA.doc,

BBB.doc
and

CCC.doc that can be downloaded from here:

http://www.freefileupload.net/file.php?file=files/310506/1149117631/FILES.zip

or here:
http://fileshare.variousstuff.net/0000000492/

I need to insert BBB.doc into AAA.doc so the resulting document

has
the

same
formatting as CCC.doc (formatting of AAA and BBB was preserved).

No matter what I've done to AAA.doc and BBB.doc, I could not make

it
look

like CCC.doc.

I am truly lost. Is this a bug I need to report to Microsoft?

What can I do to preserve formatting with InsertFile()?

Infinite thanks in advance,

--Michael