Embedding an MSWord page in an MsWord document?

denwayz There is one way that might work for you, that is, in the Header, insert an If...then...Else field

{ IF { PAGE } = # "" }

where # is the number of the page on which you want the screen capture\picture to appear and paste the picture between the quotation marks (with the option set under File>Options>Advanced>Cut, copy, and paste for Insert/paste pictures as to "In line with text") and size the picture so that it occupies the space between the margins.  While the picture may not be appear in the Word document, as shown in the following screen shot of a document saved as a pdf, the picture only appears on the page number set in the If...then...else field (2 in the document that I used)

 

 

 

Again, thanks for responding. Yes to all of the above.

For reasons specific to the project, I manually create different versions of the TOC, and it has no index. There are also a very specific use of headers and footers. And then there are issues of conversion to PDF (particularly around hyperlinks and multimedia). So far I am wrestling Word along. Hopefully I can get it across the line.

denwayz 

 

I know a little about Publisher. It has the basic functionality of a layout program (positioning and text flow) but it won't be very good with long documents. One reason is that Publisher does not have the ability to create an automatic table of contents or index. Also, numbering (headings, lists) is rather limited compared to what Word can do.

 

I have some experience with InDesign as well. It is capable but requires that you think quite differently compared to Word, for example regarding headers and footers. As you said, there is a learning curve. There is also the price, of course. InDesign is rather expensive. As far as I can tell, you can only get it if you purchase a subscription. 

 

That is a very brief summary. 🙂  I know a lot more about Word than I do about Publisher or InDesign. If you are considering InDesign for the future, you will have to do a lot more research, of course.

Thanks to all for your feedback.

Text boxes are not feasible for a project of this size (plus 500,000 words) which keeps updating in different places in the text. I know that I am pushing MsWord to the limit in terms of its ability to handle complex graphics (this shows up as memory problems, for instance). The switch to a a more-design oriented program such as Publisher or InDesign seems the obvious step. But I have no experience with either, and and am loath to take on the learning curve with this project so far along. So I will soldier on unless MsWord can't do what I want it do. Thanks again.

Indeed, linked text boxes would be one way. Building a document with text boxes wouldn't be easy, though. It would be more appropriate in a page layout application such as Publisher.

One way to achieve it would be to use Text Boxes on the pages before and after the image that are linked so that the text from the first one does flow to the second. That's really only feasible where the text is not going to exceed the space available in the second Text Box. In that case, the image would be inserted so that it is inline with text.

denwayz 

 

In my experience, it is very difficult to position a graphic so that it is the only content on a page and at the same time have text flow past the object (in such a way that the text actually skips a page). Because of the paragraph mark to which the graphic is anchored, the page will usually not stay completely empty of text. This is a limitation which does not exist in page layout programs such as Publisher.