Combining Microsoft Office documents
Although I have been using one version or the other of Microsoft Word for years, I know very little about the application. It has far more features than I ever have need for. So I usually refrain from giving Word tips. Recently, however, I wanted to combine some documents and I learned something that seems worth passing along. In the past, I have gone the copy and paste route but there’s another way.
If you want to combine two or more Word documents into one, use the Insert-File command in Word 2003. In Word 2007, the command is Insert-Text from File. This latter command shows up when you click Insert-Object. Incidentally, Insert-Object can be used to place an Excel file in a Word document. Also, if you want to insert a Word document with graphics in it, Insert-Object can be used. In each case, first place your cursor where you want the new material to appear. (Experienced users of Office will no doubt mumble something like, “Doesn’t everybody know that?”)
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Great tip.
It came just at the time when I needed to do this. I had searched the Microsoft User’s Guide and the Help file and it did not have this method.
Thanks.
Sol