cannot see entire linked doc in WORD

F

Fekru

I insert ole links in a Word(2002) doc via INSERT > OBJECT
CREATE FROM FILE > BROWSE. The word doc that I am
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inserting into the "ROOT" word is being truncated.("ROOT"
is a word doc that is a compilation of OLE links) Only the
first page of the inserted doc is appearing in the "ROOT"
doc. If I print the "ROOT" doc it only prints the first
pages of the ole linked docs. I realize that if i double
left click on the inserted ole linked docs, the entire doc
will open in a seperate instance of Word. Is there a way
for the "ROOT" doc to displayed the entirety of all the
ole linked docs within??

THanks!!
 
M

macropod

Hi Fekru,

Try inserting the source document via an INCLUDETEXT field. To do this,
press Ctrl-F9 to create an empty field and input the details, so that the
field looks like:

{INCLUDETEXT "DRIVE:\\Path\\Filename.doc" \! }

Note the use of quote characters around the path and the use of double
backslashes for path separators.

See Word's help file for more information on the INCLUDETEXT field. You can,
for example, use a bookmark reference to import only a specified portion of
the source document.

Cheers
 
F

fekru

thanks! however using that method the files are not
linked to the root -- i need to be able to update the
source doc and have the change be seen in the root doc

do you know why in my first example only the 1st page is
being illustrated -- is that common for ole links?
 
M

macropod

Hi again,

INCLUDETEXT fields DO link to the source. For them to update automatically
upon opening the target document, you must have the 'update automatic links
at open' option checked under Tools|options|General. Alternatively, you can
select the linked field and press F9 to update it - provided any changes in
the source have been saved.

Cheers
 
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