Import text from another file

Add selected text from another Windows-based document

1. Open the application and then open file that contains the text that you want to add.
2. Select the text.
3. On the Edit menu, click Copy.
4. Open Microsoft Publisher, and then open the publication in which you want to insert the text.
5. Create a text box if you have not already done so.

   How?

   1. On the Objects toolbar, click Text Box or Vertical Text Box .

   2. In the publication, point to where you want one corner of the text to appear, and then drag diagonally until the box is the size that you want.

6. In the text box, click where you want to paste the text.
7. On the Edit menu, click Paste.

Tip

If you want to copy and paste more than one section of text, use the Office Clipboard.

Insert a Windows-based document

1. In your publication, create a text box if you have not already done so.

   How?

   1. On the Objects toolbar, click Text Box or Vertical Text Box .

   2. In the publication, point to where you want one corner of the text to appear, and then drag diagonally until the box is the size you want.

2. In the text box, click where you want to paste the text.
3. On the Insert menu, click Text File.
4. Click the file you want to import.

   If you do not see the name of the file you want to import text from, you may need to change the folder or drive.

5. Click OK.

   Note   If the text you're importing doesn't fit in the text box, Publisher might ask if you want to use autoflow for the remaining text.

Add text from non-Windows based-files

Although you can not directly cut and past from a non-windows-based file, you can save the file in another format and then cut and paste from it.

1. In the non-Windows-based program, save the text you want to add as Plain Text (ASCII text, Text Only, or .txt) or Rich Text Format (.rtf).

   For information on saving a file as Plain Text or Rich Text Format, see the documentation for that program.

2. Open Microsoft Publisher, and then open the publication that you want to import to.
3. Create a text box if you have not already done so.
4. In the text box, click where you want to paste the imported text.

   How?

   1. On the Objects toolbar, click Text Box or Vertical Text Box .

   2. In the publication, point to where you want one corner of the text to appear, and then drag diagonally until the box is the size you want.

5. On the Edit menu, click Paste.

Tip

If you want to copy and paste more than one section of text, use the Office Clipboard.