Append two documents to one, how

On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 07:48:51 +0200, "Doug Robbins"
wrote:

All you have to do is use Ctrl+a in one document to select everything, then
Ctrl+c to copy it to the clipboard, then go to the end of the other document
and use Ctrl+v to paste the information from the clipboard into that
document.

That's if the two documents have identical styles and page setup
elements such as headers and footers.

--
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http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"What in heaven's name brought you to Casablanca?"
"My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters."
"The waters? What waters? We're in the desert."
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On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 08:14:00 -0400, "JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]"
wrote:

There is one way - turn them into .pdfs

I thought I remembered reading here that Office doesn't export to
PDF natively?

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"What in heaven's name brought you to Casablanca?"
"My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters."
"The waters? What waters? We're in the desert."
"I was misinformed."

On 8/27/05 8:36 PM, "Stan Brown" wrote:

On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 08:14:00 -0400, "JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]"
wrote:

There is one way - turn them into .pdfs

I thought I remembered reading here that Office doesn't export to
PDF natively?

It doesn't. Ton of freeware/shareware/cheaper alternatives to Acrobat out
there. I think JoAnn uses PrimoPDF, also seen CutePDF and PDF1995
mentioned. Check 'em out.

Though, on second thought it occurred to me that--can't you find the
efficiency you are looking for by selecting two documents in Windows
Explorer and right-clicking to Print, or somesuch? And do you really want
to risk the situation where you email students a sample exam and forget you
had been trying to be all efficient and give them the answers as well?

I'm not really sure having 1 doc is all that more efficient for archiving
than having 2. Putting two printouts in the same file folder is more
efficient, yes, but on the computer?

Daiya

On 8/27/05 8:35 PM, "Stan Brown" wrote:

On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 07:48:51 +0200, "Doug Robbins"
wrote:

All you have to do is use Ctrl+a in one document to select everything, then
Ctrl+c to copy it to the clipboard, then go to the end of the other document
and use Ctrl+v to paste the information from the clipboard into that
document.

That's if the two documents have identical styles and page setup
elements such as headers and footers.

As it turns out...see Klaus Linke's second post on this thread:

http://groups.google.com/group/micro...ment/browse_fr
m/thread/2a507242995575b5/2fba9c46b1bfb4d8?lnk=raot#2fba9c46b1bfb4d8

[long URL may break]

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Actually I use Acrobat Pro v7 but I also have PrimoPDF that I've tested so
that I could pass the information along to fellow guild editors.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message
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On 8/27/05 8:36 PM, "Stan Brown" wrote:

On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 08:14:00 -0400, "JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]"
wrote:

There is one way - turn them into .pdfs

I thought I remembered reading here that Office doesn't export to
PDF natively?

It doesn't. Ton of freeware/shareware/cheaper alternatives to Acrobat out
there. I think JoAnn uses PrimoPDF, also seen CutePDF and PDF1995
mentioned. Check 'em out.

Though, on second thought it occurred to me that--can't you find the
efficiency you are looking for by selecting two documents in Windows
Explorer and right-clicking to Print, or somesuch? And do you really want
to risk the situation where you email students a sample exam and forget
you
had been trying to be all efficient and give them the answers as well?

I'm not really sure having 1 doc is all that more efficient for archiving
than having 2. Putting two printouts in the same file folder is more
efficient, yes, but on the computer?

Daiya

On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 01:46:55 -0700, Daiya Mitchell
wrote:

Though, on second thought it occurred to me that--can't you find the
efficiency you are looking for by selecting two documents in Windows
Explorer and right-clicking to Print, or somesuch?

The goal was to archive them on CD and make sure the exam and its
solutions never get separated.

Needless to say, since I recognized this problem I've been creating
them as a single documents from the get-go.

And do you really want
to risk the situation where you email students a sample exam and forget you
had been trying to be all efficient and give them the answers as well?

:-)

That would be a concern, I agree. But I have sample exams on the
class Web pages, so I think I'm covered there.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"What in heaven's name brought you to Casablanca?"
"My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters."
"The waters? What waters? We're in the desert."
"I was misinformed."

On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 01:46:55 -0700, Daiya Mitchell
wrote:

On 8/27/05 8:36 PM, "Stan Brown" wrote:
I thought I remembered reading here that Office doesn't export to
PDF natively?

It doesn't. Ton of freeware/shareware/cheaper alternatives to Acrobat out
there. I think JoAnn uses PrimoPDF, also seen CutePDF and PDF1995
mentioned. Check 'em out.

Thanks. (I saw JoAnn's follow-up to the effect that she actually
uses an Acrobat product but keeps PrimoPDF around to see how the
other half lives.grin)

I think PDF would be overkill for this particular project -- and
based on the comments I'm coming to the conclusion that doing much
of anything is overkill for this particular project -- but it's
worth adding to my toolbag for the long term.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"What in heaven's name brought you to Casablanca?"
"My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters."
"The waters? What waters? We're in the desert."
"I was misinformed."

Hey now! I *am* the other half. ;-)

The copy of Acrobat I have was purchased by the organization I belong to. I
do the newsletter and website and it's very nice for getting our information
out to our members. If they hadn't agreed to the purchase, I'd be using
PrimoPDF.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"Stan Brown" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 01:46:55 -0700, Daiya Mitchell
wrote:

On 8/27/05 8:36 PM, "Stan Brown" wrote:
I thought I remembered reading here that Office doesn't export to
PDF natively?

It doesn't. Ton of freeware/shareware/cheaper alternatives to Acrobat out
there. I think JoAnn uses PrimoPDF, also seen CutePDF and PDF1995
mentioned. Check 'em out.

Thanks. (I saw JoAnn's follow-up to the effect that she actually
uses an Acrobat product but keeps PrimoPDF around to see how the
other half lives.grin)

I think PDF would be overkill for this particular project -- and
based on the comments I'm coming to the conclusion that doing much
of anything is overkill for this particular project -- but it's
worth adding to my toolbag for the long term.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"What in heaven's name brought you to Casablanca?"
"My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters."
"The waters? What waters? We're in the desert."
"I was misinformed."