Moving a page from one publication to another

[Coral]

I am using Publisher 2003. I have a page I wish to copy from one publisher
file to another one. Merge might be the term.

I have tried copying & pasting, but I can't seem to work with the new page
like one I created. It acts like a picture.

The page is quite complicated and would take a very long time to recreate it
again in my new publication.

An added complication is the page I wish to transfer to my new publication
was on a CD & I have since 'saved' it to my hard drive. Does this make a
difference?

What to do?

Thanks in advance for your invaluable help,
Coral

 

[John Inzer]

I am using Publisher 2003. I have a page I wish to copy from one
publisher file to another one. Merge might be the term.

I have tried copying & pasting, but I can't seem to work with the new
page like one I created. It acts like a picture.

The page is quite complicated and would take a very long time to
recreate it again in my new publication.

An added complication is the page I wish to transfer to my new
publication was on a CD & I have since 'saved' it to my hard drive.
Does this make a difference?

What to do?

Thanks in advance for your invaluable help,
Coral

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Is the document on the CD still in the .pub format?
If it is...copy it to your hard drive and open it in
Publisher. Then go to...Edit / Select All. Then
open your new document in Publisher and go to...
Edit / Paste.

If the document has been saved in a different
format...you will no longer have to option to edit
it in Publisher.

--
John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[Coral]

Thank you. That seems to have moved the editable information to a page in my
new publication. It did not carry forward the background from the page. Is
there a way I can locate the exact properties of the background in the
original carried forward page?
Coral

 

[John Inzer]

Thank you. That seems to have moved the editable information to a
page in my new publication. It did not carry forward the background
from the page. Is there a way I can locate the exact properties of
the background in the original carried forward page?
Coral

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The background may be on the Master Page.
Re-open the original document and go to...
View / Master Page...now try the Select All /
Copy / Paste...Again.

When you paste in the new document...go to
Master Page before you paste.

--
John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[Coral]

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The background may be on the Master Page.
Re-open the original document and go to...
View / Master Page...now try the Select All /
Copy / Paste...Again.

When you paste in the new document...go to
Master Page before you paste.

There does not seem to be a Master Page. I will try to duplicate the
background by playing with it.

Thank you. I have so much to learn.
Coral

 

[John Inzer]

There does not seem to be a Master
Page. I will try to duplicate the
background by playing with it.

Thank you. I have so much to learn.
Coral

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Let us know how it goes. If there is no
Master Page...I would have expected
the background to copy along with the
other objects.

--
John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[Coral]

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Let us know how it goes. If there is no
Master Page...I would have expected
the background to copy along with the
other objects.

I have obtained the color code & procedure for duplicating the background
and have managed to successfully have all the pages matched.
Thanks for being there for us.
Coral

 

[John Inzer]

I have obtained the color code & procedure for duplicating the
background and have managed to successfully have all the pages
matched.
Thanks for being there for us.
Coral

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Excellent work!

You're welcome and thanks for the update.

--
John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk