Thanks a lot macropod, that made perfect sense!
"macropod" wrote:
[Quoted Text] > Hi mairsa,
>
> The reason the formats are changing is that both documents are using the same Style names, but differently. Consequently, the
> material from the source document (ir the one pointed to by the INCLUDTEXT field) is taking on the corresponding Style attributes in
> the target document.
>
> The best way to fix this is to either:
> .. change the Style attributes in the target document to match those of the source document; or
> .. use a set of attributes in the source document that don't exist in the target document for the linked material
>
> Note that, if you adopt the first option, this will impact any text using those Styles in the target document.
>
> --
> Cheers
> macropod
> [MVP - Microsoft Word]
>
>
> "mairsa" <mairsa[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1AC4B628-4C1C-441C-A2B1-EB449E54453A[ at ]microsoft.com...
> > I'm trying to use the Includetext fieldcode to insert a bookmarked table from
> > document A into document B using Word 2007. I have tried both with and
> > without the /*Mergeformat switch.
> >
> > The problem is that while the table and font format are preserved, the line
> > and paragraph spacing settings are not, and neither are the custom styles I'm
> > using. The text in the table is defaulting to Normal style with 1.15pt
> > linespace and 10pt after each paragraph.
> >
> > Because the table in document A is quite big (48 pages!) and the text in it
> > has different line and paragraph spacing (depending on the contents of the
> > cells) I can't use mergeformat and reformat document B manually.
> >
> > Any ideas? I'll be relieved if there is a relatively easy way to solve this
> > problem. I tried to write a macro too, but my vb skills are almost
> > non-existent!
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> >
> > M
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