How to Add Documents to One Document in Word 2008

Word 2008 is the Macintosh version of the word processing product found in Microsoft Office 2008. One of Word 2008's many features is the ability to join separate documents together into one document. This enables multiple users to collaborate on a lengthy document, or an individual to work on a project in sections, then bring all the pieces together into one document in the end. Utilizing section breaks, instead of page breaks, when joining documents together maintains the header or footer information from the individual documents.

Instructions

1. Open the document that you want to add one or more documents to.

2. Click the mouse at the point in the open document where you want to insert the next document.

3. Click the "Insert" menu, and choose "Break, Section Break, Next Page" from the sub-menu.

4. Click the "Insert" menu again, and choose "File..."

5. Select the Word document to insert from the list of files in the "Insert File" dialog box, and click the "Insert" button in the lower right.

6. Repeat steps two to five for any additional Word documents you want to add to this document.

7. Click the "File" menu and choose "Save As" to save your joined files as a new document.

Tips & Warnings

• If you want to add information from a Word file to your current document but do not want to place that information on a new page in the document, choose "Break, Section Break, Continuous" from the "Insert" menu instead of "Next Page."

• If you use page breaks between the documents instead of section breaks when joining documents, Word will strip the headers and footers from the inserted documents.

References

• Microsoft Office: Insert Another File into an Open Document
• Tips For Word Processing: Insert a Word or Text File Inside the Current File
• Microsoft Office: About Section Breaks
• Microsoft Office: Insert a Section Break

Resources

• Microsoft Office Mac: Word Help and How-To