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

Linking WORD Files by Jerry

Jerry
Sun Oct 19 15:15:08 CDT 2003

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
>.
>

Re: Linking WORD Files by Margaret

Margaret
Sun Oct 19 15:28:54 CDT 2003

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
Syntagma partnership site: http://www.syntagma.co.uk
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word

"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
> >.
> >



Re: Linking WORD Files by Jerry

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
>Syntagma partnership site: http://www.syntagma.co.uk
>Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
>
>"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
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>