Import Document into Master Document

[kdrose]

I want to add a document (#2) to the end of my master document (#1). However, I wish to retain all of the styles of document #2 while leaving the master document styles alone. In my macro, what code will allow me to do this (i.e. supress styles update)?

krose

 

[fumei]

It will not, if the style names are the same.

In other words, if Doc#2 has a Yadda style, and the master doc template has a Yadda style - and they are different format - then the master doc style will apply.

How are you adding Doc#2? InsertFile? Copy/Paste?

If it is a paste, you could try using:

PasteAndFormat(wdFormatOriginalFormatting)

Frankly, while Microsoft has tried for years to get Master/Sub documents working, IMO, they never have worked well. I have tried using Master/Sub and it has never worked well.

Gerry

 

[macropod]

Hi krose,

As per Gerry's comments, I hope you're not using Word's Master Document 'feature' - that way lies grief (in the form of document corruption).

Assuming you've simply got two ordinary documents - a 'target document' into which you wish to import material from a 'source' document, the material from the source document will adopt the formatting of any like-named Styles in the target document, unless you're using copy & paste and use the 'Keep source formatting' option (Word 2003 & later). I believe that, when you do this via vba, the relevant code (from Word 2007) is:
Options.PasteFormatBetweenDocuments = 0
Options.PasteFormatBetweenStyledDocuments = 0

Cheers

[MS MVP - Word]