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Large Documents in Word for Mac
Hi there,
currently, I am preparing a document with some 300 pages. As it is divided in different chapters, I have so far worked on 5 different documents, and it was nice to handle. However, now I need to merge these documents, so that I can insert cross-references, table of contents and an index. Up to now, when I needed to print a draft of that document, I used to assemble the parts as subdocuments in a master document. This, however, is a little annoying, as Word does not save the settings for the footnotes, that is the footnote separator and the footnote continuation notice. As these have effect on the amount of text that fits on my pages this is a pain, as I have to redo these settings every time I open the doc and then word needs to repaginate... -- Is there any workaround known for this problem? Now in connection with this problem, my second question is how experiences are with large documents (as I said, around 300 pages). I am working on an Apple PowerBook 867 MHz with 512 MB RAM, and I have loads of footnotes and cross-references. Does it make sense to unify all in one document (like in one *real* document, not just subdocuments), as long as I still need to work on it, e.g. inserting cross-references? Any insight is highly appreciated. Thanks a lot! And cheers, Emanuel. |
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Hi Emanuel
Emanuel Vahid Towfigh wrote: currently, I am preparing a document with some 300 pages. As it is divided in different chapters, I have so far worked on 5 different documents, and it was nice to handle. However, now I need to merge these documents, so that I can insert cross-references, table of contents and an index. Up to now, when I needed to print a draft of that document, I used to assemble the parts as subdocuments in a master document. This, however, is a little annoying, as Word does not save the settings for the footnotes, that is the footnote separator and the footnote continuation notice. As these have effect on the amount of text that fits on my pages this is a pain, as I have to redo these settings every time I open the doc and then word needs to repaginate... -- Is there any workaround known for this problem? Your safest path is, whatever you do, don't use the Master-/Subdocument feature at all: Why Master Documents corrupt (by John McGhie) http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/Wh...ocsCorrupt.htm Now in connection with this problem, my second question is how experiences are with large documents (as I said, around 300 pages). I am working on an Apple PowerBook 867 MHz with 512 MB RAM, and I have loads of footnotes and cross-references. Does it make sense to unify all in one document (like in one *real* document, not just subdocuments), as long as I still need to work on it, e.g. inserting cross-references? I cannot comment on the Apple side, but on a PC I would not want to separate a 300 page document. And, if you must, you could still compile the individual parts via INCLUDETEXT or RD fields. IIRC, those paths are referenced in the above article, with pros and cons. HTH Robert -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word |
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Hi Emmanuel,
You know, using a newsreader, you can post the message to two groups at once, and then all responses will show up both places and only one discussion happens and people don't wind up repeating things you've already been told. Anyhow, I'll answer on the Mac group. DM On 4/8/05 2:19 AM, "Emanuel Vahid Towfigh" wrote: Hi there, currently, I am preparing a document with some 300 pages. As it is divided in different chapters, I have so far worked on 5 different documents, and it was nice to handle. However, now I need to merge these documents, so that I can insert cross-references, table of contents and an index. Up to now, when I needed to print a draft of that document, I used to assemble the parts as subdocuments in a master document. This, however, is a little annoying, as Word does not save the settings for the footnotes, that is the footnote separator and the footnote continuation notice. As these have effect on the amount of text that fits on my pages this is a pain, as I have to redo these settings every time I open the doc and then word needs to repaginate... -- Is there any workaround known for this problem? Now in connection with this problem, my second question is how experiences are with large documents (as I said, around 300 pages). I am working on an Apple PowerBook 867 MHz with 512 MB RAM, and I have loads of footnotes and cross-references. Does it make sense to unify all in one document (like in one *real* document, not just subdocuments), as long as I still need to work on it, e.g. inserting cross-references? Any insight is highly appreciated. Thanks a lot! And cheers, Emanuel. |
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