Jerry
Mon Oct 20 03:52:15 CDT 2003
Hi Margaret:
Thanks for answering my request for help. I am using the
Insert Object as I wish to have the functionality of text
update on document opening.
Jerry Bodoff
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Jerry
>
>You may indeed want Insert > Object, but your previous
idea is also valid.
>Inserting a file as a link creates an INCLUDETEXT field,
and the text can be
>updated by updating the field. It is not updated
automatically by 'update
>links on open', however. Both have their places.
>
>--
>Margaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP
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>"Jerry Bodoff" <jabodoff@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>news:029a01c3967d$b123d5e0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> Please ignore this request for help. I realize now
that
>> what I want is using INSERT|OBJECT from file.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Jerry B.
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >Hi:
>> >
>> >Environment: WORD2000, XP platform.
>> >
>> >I have the following scenario:
>> >
>> > Document 1
>> > text lines 1
>> > ----------- LINK -----> document 2
>> > text lines 2
>> >
>> >I used the INSERT|FILE|INSERT AS LINK to link to the
>> text
>> >in Document 2. I was under the impression that if I
>> used
>> >links to files I could change the text in Document 2
and
>> >have that change reflected in Document 1 when I re-
>> opened
>> >Document 1. However, this does not occur and I have
to
>> >delete and re-enter the link.
>> >
>> >The questions are:
>> > Am I using the wrong WORD function to accomplish
this?
>> >
>> > If the wrong function, what do I use? Do I use a
>> field
>> > function?
>> >
>> >Any help would be greatly appreciated and I thank you
in
>> >advance for the help.
>> >
>> >Jerry Bodoff
>> >.
>> >
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