atw: Re: compiling reports
- From: Susan Hunter <sushu20@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:29:57 +1000
Thanks for your thoughts Christine
I already do the cut and paste unformatted, but it is very time consuming
(especially when you also need to check for the loss of any super/sub
scripts). I've also done the merge with existing styles. I guess I was
just wondering if there is an even better way to do this - but maybe
not......
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Christine Kent <cmkentau@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> If you are using Word 2010, the solution is simple.****
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> You control the master document, and cut and paste the text from all other
> documents into it using either the unformatted or the merge with existing
> styles, options. (For those not familiar with 2010, there are more
> formatting options in 2010 that previous versions.) You can set your
> preferred default formatting type when you do your first import.****
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> If your writer has not used styles at all, bring it in as plain text, if
> they have used styles with the correct names, bring it in so that your
> styles of the same name over-rule the formatting of the source document
> styles.****
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> You will still have to go through and re-apply styles to any text that has
> no style or an incorrect style, but there is no possible way around that.*
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> Christine****
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> *From:* austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Susan Hunter
> *Sent:* Thursday, 28 July 2011 12:40 PM
> *To:* austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* atw: compiling reports****
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> Hi everyone.****
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> I compile a lot of reports at work (some are monthly ~25 pages and others
> are not on a regular basis and are around ~500 - 1000 pages - excluding
> appendices).****
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> I need to get input from various team members and they all use word
> (non-negotiable). ****
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> For the smaller documents I compile everyone's input into one document, for
> the larger documents I keep each chapter as a standalone document due to
> managing revision updates and time constraints.****
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> Word drives me nuts, so I was wondering if anyone could recommend a program
> for me to use for compiling the final documents and managing formatting.**
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> The documents are for internal use only so they don't have complicated
> styling; they do have lots of graphs, tables and images.****
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> Your thoughts would be most appreciated.****
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> thanks****
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> Sus****
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