Thank you Paul,



actually i got more problems (please, see the attached images)

- that was the first source file i call to be in the target file!!! why i should say "same as previous"?

- then i couldn't find the command "same as previous' in word 2007!!!!

- and as the source file comes up to the target file, its format is different !!!!! why?????

how to fix all of these problems???

appreciated

regards

Jamal

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It did work once i set the path and the name of the file in the dialogue box but not inside the word file!!!! please, see the attached image.

is there a way to let the target file takes the page settings of the source file????? or we need to set the target file before?

thank you

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I said "go into its header & footer and make sure the 'same as previous' setting is off". That's because, if you leave the 'same as previous' setting on, the imported file will simply pick up the target document's header and footer.
If you open the header/footer, which you'll probably need to do on page 2 of the 'source' document, the 'link to previous' button will be highlighted. If you click on that, the the 'same as previous' setting will be turned off.
Your 'source' and 'target' documents should have the same format! If the default document format isn't what you want, make a copy of one of your 'source' documents, delete all its content, then use it as the 'target' document.
There are two problems with the INCLUDETEXT field you had displayed in the document:
• you have a '\* MERGEFORMAT' switch in the field in post #5. Delete it. That's meant to control some aspects of formatting. If you don't delete it, it might cause more problems.
• when you insert an INCLUDETEXT field manually (which you can do without going through the dialogue box), the file path needs to have two backslashes for each path separator (see the field in post #5) - or you can replace the backslashes with single forward slashes. For example:
{INCLUDETEXT "F:\\All\\Various\\Graduation Project ENCE530\\doc\\ch1 Introduction(1-2).doc"}
or:
{INCLUDETEXT "F:/All/Various/Graduation Project ENCE530/doc/ch1 Introduction(1-2).doc"}
To insert these fields manually, go to wherever you want to insert one, press Ctrl-F9, then insert the field code. When you're done, press F9 to update.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]