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(Neato) Finder helps Word - can you believe?

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From: Dale Parkyn
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1992 07:24
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Hi!
 Maybe everyone else knew this but it makes my day...

 I was wondering how to efficiently combine small individual files
into a single file. Open, copy,close, paste wasn't enough. 

 Using the Print Merge concepts this is what I did.
 ( 1)  make the master document with the "DATA datafile",
       "INCLUDE "partialfile"" lines and then a page break.
       ***The " mark is actualy the option/shift option backslash key combo.

 ( 2)  save a new document with the datafile name.
 
 ( 3)  switch to the folder and set the view by name - sorts files. Hopefully
       you think ahead and use a naming scheme like file001, file002...
       Select all the file icons with shift clicking, dragging etc.
       Copy!  You will have all the file names (at least you do with SYS7).

 ( 4)  Back to the datafile. Remember to type the field name in the first line.
       Then paste.  All the file names are there!

 ( 5)  Now Print Merge into a New Document and the compiling is nearly done.

 ( 6)  (Could refine this step)
       Merging creates a section break code after each individual file combined.
       
       I used replacing: look for two caret d (^d^d) and replace with a single
       caret d (^d).

  Dale
parkyn@sfu.ca
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