Fusing Word documents

[hungry_hog]

I have a thesis which I am looking to submit to the University library, purely for archive purposes (my degree is already awarded years ago).

The thesis is in the form of around 10 Word "doc" files. Don't ask me why i created it this way I must have had too much snakebite!

Is there a clever way to merge the files, other than manually? Other than being tedious there is a danger of formatting going awry in Word.

I know how to merge Excel files with Python but word is a different beast.

TIA

[Actual]

Could you print to PDF which might produce a single file from multiple documents or you could use a PDF editor to stitch separate files together? You might also be able to lock the PDF to prevent future edits and changes.

[Harpoon]

You can Insert documents into your current document

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/troublesh...

Worth having a backup in case the formatting goes astray

[hungry_hog]

Actual said:

Could you print to PDF which might produce a single file from multiple documents or you could use a PDF editor to stitch separate files together? You might also be able to lock the PDF to prevent future edits and changes.

thanks

Yes good idea that will take out the formatting witchcraft!

Thank you

[hungry_hog]

thanks Harpoon

I will try the pdf method first but your way does make sense in a purist sense