Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 2007, 2010, and 2013. If you are using an earlier version (Word 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Word, click here: Inserting a File.
There will probably be times when you want to add a file to your current document. For instance, you may need to append a document file, or you might want to add a text file in the middle of your document. Word makes it very easy to do this by following these steps:
It's important to note that if your document doesn't use styles (you haven't defined any of your own), then the default styles in the target document will override the default styles in the source document.
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2017-11-27 17:10:45
nathan
is there a size limit for how many files can be added at once? i seem to be running into limit at 20 or 21 documents so i'm wondering if it is based on the combined size of the documets.
2015-11-09 18:16:11
Very frustrated. When I click the "Text from File" in Step 4 above, I don't get a dialogue box. It just inserts some text I copied weeks ago. No choices, just this random chunk of text. I have cleared the Clipboard and it keeps inserting this text and I don't get any other option. Any ideas? Can you help me? This is Word 2013.
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