Microsoft Office Forums

Go Back   Microsoft Office Forums > >

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 08-14-2018, 10:11 AM
village's Avatar
village village is offline Merging 2 documents: pasting does not merge formatting Windows 7 64bit Merging 2 documents: pasting does not merge formatting Office 2010 64bit
Advanced Beginner
Merging 2 documents: pasting does not merge formatting
 
Join Date: May 2016
Location: London, UK
Posts: 51
village is on a distinguished road
Default Merging 2 documents: pasting does not merge formatting

Hello All,



I have 2 separate word documents which have with several headings and subheadings.
I would like to merge the styles when I paste the documents however, the new merged documents does not keep the division in heading and sub-heading, which become normal text.

Here is the document that I want merge which has the structure



and here is when I merge it when my destination document.



the text keeps the numbering but is not formatted and as consequence the navigation pannel does not show all the sections.

suggestions?!?!
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 08-14-2018, 03:43 PM
macropod's Avatar
macropod macropod is offline Merging 2 documents: pasting does not merge formatting Windows 7 64bit Merging 2 documents: pasting does not merge formatting Office 2010 32bit
Administrator
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Canberra, Australia
Posts: 21,956
macropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond repute
Default

See: https://support.office.com/en-us/art...0-FB9CE15BF3D6. You'll note that the ambiguous 'merge formatting' description is no more; it's now more appropriately called 'Match Destination Formatting'. Check your paste options in Word, too (File|Options|Advanced>Cut, copy, paste>Pasting between documents); it seems you have them set to paste the text only - which obliterates any Style information.
__________________
Cheers,
Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 08-15-2018, 12:47 AM
village's Avatar
village village is offline Merging 2 documents: pasting does not merge formatting Windows 7 64bit Merging 2 documents: pasting does not merge formatting Office 2010 64bit
Advanced Beginner
Merging 2 documents: pasting does not merge formatting
 
Join Date: May 2016
Location: London, UK
Posts: 51
village is on a distinguished road
Default

Hello and thanks for your reply.

The voice "match destination formatting" is not available

Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 08-15-2018, 12:50 AM
macropod's Avatar
macropod macropod is offline Merging 2 documents: pasting does not merge formatting Windows 7 64bit Merging 2 documents: pasting does not merge formatting Office 2010 32bit
Administrator
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Canberra, Australia
Posts: 21,956
macropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond reputemacropod has a reputation beyond repute
Default

As I said, it's been renamed in later versions.
__________________
Cheers,
Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 08-15-2018, 01:00 AM
village's Avatar
village village is offline Merging 2 documents: pasting does not merge formatting Windows 7 64bit Merging 2 documents: pasting does not merge formatting Office 2010 64bit
Advanced Beginner
Merging 2 documents: pasting does not merge formatting
 
Join Date: May 2016
Location: London, UK
Posts: 51
village is on a distinguished road
Default

ah sorry, I missed that .
Ok, I am reformatting manually ....

Thank you as always.
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 08-15-2018, 04:56 AM
Charles Kenyon Charles Kenyon is offline Merging 2 documents: pasting does not merge formatting Windows 10 Merging 2 documents: pasting does not merge formatting Office 2013
Moderator
 
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
Posts: 9,081
Charles Kenyon has a brilliant futureCharles Kenyon has a brilliant futureCharles Kenyon has a brilliant futureCharles Kenyon has a brilliant futureCharles Kenyon has a brilliant futureCharles Kenyon has a brilliant futureCharles Kenyon has a brilliant futureCharles Kenyon has a brilliant futureCharles Kenyon has a brilliant futureCharles Kenyon has a brilliant futureCharles Kenyon has a brilliant future
Default

To have things show up in the navigation pane, they must use the built-in heading style or styles based on them.


Why use Microsoft Word’s built-in heading styles? by Shauna Kelly
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Merging 2 documents: pasting does not merge formatting Merging more documents into one RomeoS Word VBA 2 03-19-2016 12:41 PM
After Mail merging single documents - how to combine several documents into one? Abacus1234 Mail Merge 16 06-25-2015 06:56 AM
Merging 2 documents: pasting does not merge formatting Merging Word documents and keeping the formatting exactly as it appears in the original document NovaScotia Word 4 01-21-2015 11:44 PM
Merging 2 documents: pasting does not merge formatting Mail Merge with Booklets is Merging all documents into One stapled Booklet 15Degrees Mail Merge 1 01-31-2013 02:06 AM
Merging 2 documents: pasting does not merge formatting merging whole documents? the_adam Mail Merge 5 02-07-2012 03:29 PM

Other Forums: Access Forums

All times are GMT -7. The time now is 03:01 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
Search Engine Optimisation provided by DragonByte SEO (Lite) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2024 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.
MSOfficeForums.com is not affiliated with Microsoft