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From: Reinhold Meyer, Forstliche Biome...
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1993 19:38

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From: "Mouning, Greg A." <MouningGA@cispo1.cis.yale.edu>
Subject: Re: FW: Help regarding Word for Windows.
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 93 11:50:00 EST

Hi Tim,

Thanks for your response, I'll give that a try.  Unfortunately, I'm unable
to find my manual but I should be able to obtain another copy.

Greg
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From: rmeyer
To: WORD-PC
Subject: Re: FW: Help regarding Word for Windows.
Date: Friday, March 26, 1993 10:00AM

>                 What I would like to do is a simple print merge but I
don't
> want to edit each document to include header information.  My experince is
> with mainframe computers using WSCRIPT (please no flames).  This task was
> accomplished simply by creating what is called a "driver" file.  The
driver
> file would "imbed" the other documents into one, allowing me to print all
of
> them.
>
> Is this possible with the "link" or "embed" features of Word for Windows?
>  Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide.

Sounds like precisely what 'header' files are intended for; to specify field
information for files you don't want to/can't edit.  RTM, page 622-624...

Good luck,
Tim Folkard (tim@uk.ac.mrc.not-ihr)

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