One-time insertion of text from other files

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dcd111

I would like to create a series of templates for a particular purpose. Some
of the text in these templates will be different, but a lot of it will be the
same. I would like to be able to somehow link the templates to one "master"
where the similar language could be changed, changing it for all of the
templates.

I know I can just paste these sections as links, but I don't want the saved
document to depend on the links, and once the template is saved as a new
document I don't want any possibility that future changes to the linked text
will change existing documents. Having to break the links manually every
time the template is opened to create a new document is unwieldy and above
the heads of the people using the templates.

Is there some way to grab text from another Word file on a one-time basis
when a template is opened, but without maintaining any kind of link after
that point so that any saved document will stand alone?
 
Hi dcd111,

You can use an AutoNew macro in the template to unlink the fields to text as soon as you create the document. That way, a new
document will have the correct letterhead. But once it’s created, the letterhead will remain fixed and no longer depends on the link
source being available.
 
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