copying and pasting whole pages with formats and pictures

Hi Richard,

Microsoft Word is a word processor. In word processors there's no firm concept of a "page." Word processors allow text to flow over page breaks and within linked text boxes. The flow is determined by the current printer, borders, margins, font settings, etc. Page layout programs have a different idea about what a page is, and that can be more intuitive for people trying to arrange specific content to specific pages. Personally, I've gotten used to the way Microsoft Word does things and find page layout programs cumbersome. But I can see how many people like page layout programs, too.

It would be helpful if you could share the actual page instead of the screen shot. It's hard to tell from the screen shot which elements are text and which are pictures. You can share your example minus personal & confidential information on any free sharing service such as OneDrive or DropBox. Then reply here with a link.

Please give Raymond's suggestion a shot and let us know how it worked out. If that doesn't help, please share an example.

Thanks.

Hello Richard A,

Welcome to Microsoft Community.

I am a Microsoft user just like you, I hope you are doing well?

Try inserting your source document as a subdocument in a master document. To do this, use one of the following methods.

Method 1: If the source document does not contain headers or footers

a.) In the document that you want to insert a file into (the destination document), on the View menu, click Outline.

b.) Place the insertion point where you want to insert your file, and then on the Outlining toolbar, click the Insert Subdocument button.

c.) In the Insert Subdocument dialog box, select the file to be inserted (the source document), and then click Open.Note When you insert the subdocument (source document) into the master document, Word adds a continuous section break above and below the subdocument. Also, if the master document contains headers and footers, the inserted document will obtain the master document's headers and footers.

Method 2: If the source document contains headers or footers

a.) In the destination document, on the Insert menu, click Break.

b.) Under Section break types, click Next page, and then click OK.

Note This places a next-page section break in your master (destination) document.

c.) Again, under Section break types, click Next page, and then click OK.

Note This places a second section break in your master (destination) document.

d.) Move your insertion point to the second section break, and then on the View menu, click Header and Footer.

e.) On the Header and Footer toolbar, click the Same as Previous button to turn off "Same as Previous" formatting in the header. Switch to the footer, and turn off "Same as Previous" formatting in the footer.

f.) Click Close to close the header and footer.

g.) With the insertion point on the second section break, on the View menu, click Outline. Click the Insert Subdocument button on the Outlining toolbar.

Note Do not select the second section break before you insert your source document, because the section break will be deleted when you insert your subdocument.

Method 3: Update document layout formatting

Change the document layout formatting of the destination document to match the document layout formatting of the source document. This formatting includes margin settings, headers and footers, and page orientation.

Method 4: Insert the source document into the destination document as an object In the destination document, click the location where you want to put the linked object or the embedded object.

a.) On the Insert menu, click Object.

b.) In the Object dialog box, click the Create from file tab.

c.) In the File name box, type the name of the file from which you want to create a linked object or embedded object. Alternatively, click Browse to select the file from a list.

https://support.microsoft.com/help/60d29463-77d4-f763-95a7-4920e7cf5d7e

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See, for example: Combine Multiple Word Documents (msofficeforums.com). The code there is written for use on PCs, but I'm sure a competent Word for Mac coder could make whatever changes might be required for that environment.

When you format text with multiple columns, the column numbers and header/footer information are stored in the section break at the end of that section. Copying and pasting the text and graphics without that section break will make the text revert to the number of columns and header/footer in use at the spot where you pasted it.

As an alternative, you can save the page as a PDF file, then place that in Word as a graphic.