WD: Inserted Document Takes on Formatting of Other Document
Article ID: 130222
Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 6.0a
- Microsoft Word 6.0c
- Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 95a
This article was previously published under Q130222
SYMPTOMS
If you insert one document (for example, DOC1.DOC) into another document
(DOC2.DOC), then DOC1.DOC adopts the section properties of DOC2.DOC if
DOC1.DOC is open.
For example, if DOC1.DOC and DOC2.DOC have the following section formatting
DOC1.DOC: 1 Column
1.25" Left and Right Margins
DOC2.DOC: 2 Columns
0.5" Left and Right Margins
and you insert DOC1.DOC into DOC2.DOC while DOC1.DOC is still open, and
then you switch back to DOC1.DOC, you will find that DOC1.DOC now shows the
same section formatting as DOC2.DOC. DOC1.DOC now has the following
formatting:
2 Columns
0.5" Left and Right Margins
WORKAROUND
Before inserting one document into another, be sure the file you're
inserting from is closed. To see if it's open, select the Window menu. See
if the document name appears on the list. If it doesn't, it's safe to
insert the file. If it does appear on the list, select the document name
and close the document.
STATUS
Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
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