On Tue, 2006-05-16 at 08:39 -0400, David Teague(T-bird acct) wrote:
> I want to create a report file by inserting several boilerplae files 
> into one
> document. I know that in MS Word, I can use Insert | File and hold the
> Ctrl key down to select multiple files. But that works poorly in Word (the
> files don't come in in the order selected in Word) and this doesn't work at
> all in OO.o.
> 
> I have been told of a workaround in Word that uses autocorrect entries to
> reference boilerplate. I don't see how to do this in OO.o Is this 
> possible in
> OO.o?  This job would be considerably easier and save time if I could just
> click to assemble this set of documents from boiler plate.
> 

I think what you want is sections and, yes, OOo handles these well.
Please see 
http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/OOo2.x/user_guide2_draft.pdf
near page 60.

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