You probably already know that Word allows you to insert a file into your document. You may not know, however, that you can insert a portion of a file, if desired. This is done in the following manner:
Figure 1. The Enter Text dialog box.
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2025-01-06 12:22:35
Beepee
Sounds OK when Bookmarks are in place and remembered!! If you have to open the source document and set up a Bookmark by selecting all of the required text, then why not just Copy and Paste the content?
2025-01-06 08:19:00
David in Mississippi
This tip would be so much more helpful if:
1. You would put a lot more screenshots into the procedure description, with highlights indicating the areas to focus on.
2. You would talk first about preparation of the source document. For example, do we have to mark an entire paragraph or section as a bookmark? Most people, like me, put a bookmark between or before a specific word in the document - when we use this technique, how much of the source document is included? From the bookmark to the end? Just that line? Just that paragraph?
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2012-03-26 15:28:38
Gay
Great tip, I just need to remember to select the section and then give it a bookmark then I can easily put a large file together. Thanx!
2012-03-24 07:19:24
Susanna
P.S. So you have to anchor the bookmark to the text you want to insert into the new doc? Does this work for big chunks of text, e.g., a chapter of a book? Will experiment!
2012-03-24 07:10:59
Susanna
That's very cool -- but I thought a bookmark could only mark a place, not a range. Now to go figure that out . . .
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