You really haven't providing anything meaningful about your process we could work with. For example, how did you link the two files (e.g. via an OLE link using a LINK field, a macro, a mailmerge, something else)? As Graham said, if you can't recall, all we might all end up doing is wasting time guessing.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]