Ms Word in MS Word in Ms Word.....

[OtisAir]

Hey Ya'll -

It may be too late to fix now, but I've been trying to figure out how to combine several word documents that each have their own numbering, all into one document while maintaining the individual numbering of each.

What the hell did he say....?

I have a main document and 4 appendices (each written by different persons). I need to combine them all into a single document, but it's important for each appendix to maintain it's own numbering without affecting the main document or other appendices. Each time I try, the entire numbering gets busticated.

I have tried to use sections, I have tried to restart numbering, I've tried 211 different things and about to lose my pea-head mind.

Any suggestions besides eating my freakin' laptop?

Thanks in advance,
Shane

 

[ScottM]

Have you tried the merge function yet?

Granted M$ Word merge has issues, but then what M$ sw function doesn't, it can sometimes do what you need. If it does not, I think you are stuck with copy and past and then having to clean up the templates. yuck!.

Is it too late for Framemaker?

 

[Rob Schaffer]

One way to do this is to use "Section Breaks".

this allows any section of the document to have it's own formatting and bullet style, then you can add a section break, and anything after that you can have another format, number style, etc. If you paste in a new portion of the document from one of your others, it may auto-format the numbering. Under tools or options, or sometimes when that little lightning box thing shows up, you can tell it to keep origonal format. Best to change it in the Options first to keep source formatting rather than converting. Section breaks also allow you to utilize different headers and footers if needed.

this is a nice feature when you have a report on page one that wraps to page two, followed by a section of data and lists, back to another report which may have bullets in it.

 

[AdamB]

Is it too late for Framemaker?

Framemaker rules!!!

 

[SCCutler]

Too bad you are not using WordPerfect...

 

[wsuffa]

Too bad you are not using WordPerfect...

5.0.

I know someone who still uses it. The IT folks say they won't support his computer any more (it's running XP, I think). He hands a floppy to hisadmin - at least it's a 3" disk.

 

[SCCutler]

5.0.

I know someone who still uses it. The IT folks say they won't support his computer any more (it's running XP, I think). He hands a floppy to hisadmin - at least it's a 3" disk.

There is a very active market for WP DOS program files and documentation, and there are developers who are still working to ensure its operability in command windows.

I am currently on X3 (13) for Windows, outstanding product and it does not impede your work (like some word processors I know). You can create a file in the latest release of WP, and open, edit and save it in the oldest version of WP you can find. Try that with Word.

Vastly better for text processing, no forced upgrade at $400.00+ per seat, and still excellent support. I see no reason to use Word, and many reasons not to.

 

[wsuffa]

Vastly better for text processing, no forced upgrade at $400.00+ per seat, and still excellent support. I see no reason to use Word, and many reasons not to.

I'm about 90% in agreement. Unfortunately, I work with some folks that use the advanced (crapware) features of word, and I'm stuck. I do like Open Office on the unix box. And I did much like WP when I was still running pre-98 windows.

 

[mikea]

There is a very active market for WP DOS program files and documentation, and there are developers who are still working to ensure its operability in command windows.
...

Really? I bet this ol' packrat has a copy in box buried nearby.

You could boot to FreeDOS to run the DOS version.

My lawyer buddy (who I talked into getting the iMac) is still using WordStar and VDE with blazing speed. Thanks to Jay's advice, I got him cooking with Joe on the Mac.

 

[Dart]

There is a very active market for WP DOS program files and documentation, and there are developers who are still working to ensure its operability in command windows.

I LOVE WP, around our office everybody admits "Word Sucks!"

I am currently on X3 (13) for Windows, outstanding product and it does not impede your work (like some word processors I know). You can create a file in the latest release of WP, and open, edit and save it in the oldest version of WP you can find. Try that with Word.

Vastly better for text processing, no forced upgrade at $400.00+ per seat, and still excellent support. I see no reason to use Word, and many reasons not to.

WP is great for "cleaning" multi cut-n-pasted Word documents. It also doesn't play childish games like changing an e-mail "copy" into a Shruti font "paste' document.

WP treats the user like an adult.

It does have a "tick" that makes it become randomly "non-reponsive" but it wont freeze your entire desktop like Word will.

WORD SUCKS.