Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 2007 and 2010. 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 Only Part of a File.
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.
WordTips is your source for cost-effective Microsoft Word training. (Microsoft Word is the most popular word processing software in the world.) This tip (11485) applies to Microsoft Word 2007 and 2010. You can find a version of this tip for the older menu interface of Word here: Inserting Only Part of a File.
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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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