Hi,

Instead of inserting the actual images into your Word document, I'd
recommend consideration of only inserting links to them. You'd usually do
this via Insert|Picture|From File and, having selected the file, using the
'Insert' drop-down to select 'Link to File'. For more information on this,
check out 'Insert a picture from another file' and the 'INCLUDEPICTURE'
field in Word's help file.

Likewise if you've got multiple chapters in separate documents - you can
have one document that consolidates the lot via linking. For more
information on this, check out the 'INCLUDETEXT' field in Word's help file.
This allows you to avoid using Word's 'master document' feature (I use the
term advisedly).

You can link to spreadsheets in a similar way, too, by copying them and
using Edit|Paste Special and using the 'Paste Link' option.

In all linking cases, the links will need to be updated if you move the
source files. Also, since they're not part of the actual document, they
won't be included with the file if you copy it to another disk or email it.

If you want to distribute the document, I also recommend considering the use
of tools like Adobe's Acrobat Distiller (not the free reader) to convert
your document(s) to pdf format. Apart from making it harder for someone else
to change a document (you can even protect it against copying & printing),
it may well make for a much smaller final file size than you'd get from a
Word document with all the other documents, spreadsheets and images embedded
(or including all the linked files).

Cheers


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I am seeking your opinion and direction. I just lost part of a very
large word document; over 1 GB in size. I sometimes drive thousands of
miles to research something. I scan all documents, photograph
documents and the location; then insert the JPG image files into a Word
document, where the JPG image files are explained, questions asked, and
assumptions made.

There can many chapters of 500 MB file size; some chapters might be as
small as 50 MB, or maybe 25 MB.

I regularly study several subjects (books) at one time; each book with
many chapters. Occasionally, a chapter in one book needs to be added
to another book. Considering each chapters'' size, and considering
the books overall size, how should I write and store these documents to
make the possibility of file loose and corruption to a minimum?

In another project, I collect HTML, txt, JPG, PDF and other file types
that I would like to put them into a Word "book" with references and
notes. Is there a way to call the file to be printed from word, and
allow the header and footer to be on each page printed on the "Called
Files?"

Can the "Called Files" be an "exhibit" in Word; where the printing
format selected by the originator be maintained?

Thanks.


Thanks