merging docs

[Felipe Garcia]

there is a way to merge different documents into a final one document, and
every document hold it's own formatting ?

because i'm doing this:
1 selecting all document content using a range,
2 Copy() document content
3 Paste() document content in the final doc
4 InsertBreakAfter(WdBreakType.wdSectionBreakNextPage)

if there are more than one document selected repeat steps 1 through 4.

What's wrong ?
Because in some case the final doc contains messy formatting

thanks a lot.

 

[Peter Hewett]

Hi Felipe Garcia

It's better to use InsertFIle, than Copy/Paste. For this to work correctly all documents
that you are merging must have been created using the same template. Also if your
document uses list numbering, you need to ensure that the numbering was setup correctly.
Check out the following link:

http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html

HTH + Cheers - Peter

 

[Felipe Garcia]

Hi Peter,
Here is the problem i'm dealing with legal templates, so each template has
your own *specific-annoying* formatting. At first time i tried insert file,
it's worked, but the format of the template were lost.

 

[Peter Hewett]

Hi Felipe Garcia

If the documents you are merging are based on different templates and they use the same
style names then you are going to have problems. If you think about it this makes sense.
Say document A defines style "Normal" as Times New Roman and Document B defines style
"Normal" as Arial. Now you merge them together, the resultant document can only have one
"Normal" style, so the formatting of the document you are pasting into is used.

You'll have create more consistent templates to create your documents from, painful but it
can be done. The other option is that you have to reformat the resultant document - and
there's no easy solution for this either.

HTH + Cheers - Peter

 

[Felipe Garcia]

Thanks for the "light" Peter.
The answer you wrote gave me some ideas.

 

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