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HOW DO I COMBINE MULTIPLE MS WORD FILES INTO ONE MS WORD FILE?

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2023-07-13T16:21:20+00:00

HOW DO I COMBINE MULTIPLE MS WORD FILES INTO ONE MS WORD FILE?

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  1. Charles Kenyon 166.7K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2023-07-13T17:07:20+00:00
    1. Take Document 1 - the one you want at the beginning. Use a backup for this.
    2. Go to the end of the document. (Ctrl+End)
    3. Insert a New-Page or Odd-Page Section Break
    4. Open and copy everything from Document 2.
    5. Open your recipient document and paste the content from Document 2.
    6. Go to the End of the document. (Ctrl+End)
    7. Insert a New-Page or Odd-Page Section Break
    8. Open and copy everything from Document 3.
    9. Open your recipient document and paste the content from Document 3.
    10. repeat 7-9 as needed.

    That will get you the text from the documents into one file. If this does not work for you please write back for other, more complex, methods.

    See my responses in these thread for ideas on managing large documents.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-01-24T14:03:46+00:00

    I need to combine 50+ separate Word documents and tried this method https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/troubleshoot/word/merge-word-documents. However, in Step 3, 'Press and hold Ctrl to select more than one document' doesn't work. I can only select one doc. I've also tried holding the Shift, Option and Command keys, but these don't select multiple files either.

    I'm using Word for Mac 365 subscription. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-01-24T17:42:49+00:00

    In case it's helpful to anyone else, I just found a way to do this on a Mac using Automator (free application installed on my Mac). The process is explained clearly here: https://youtu.be/xp6DK-MfjH0?si=NohKboWLvkvAKWHG. Seems to have worked very well.

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