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I know in Word you can create sub documents from a larger document and you
edit subdocuments it automatically updates itself in the larger document. How can someone do the opposite? For example, say I write 5 chapters. Chapters 1,2,3 and go into Book One, and Chapters 3,4,5 go into Book Two. (Note: Chapter 3 is in both books.) How can I edit Chapter 3 and automatically have it update in each of the Books? I basically want to combine documents yet be able to edit them seperately so they update in the master documents. |
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You can use INCLUDETEXT fields to add files to a "master" document. See
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/tblsfldsfm...textfields.htm. Note that Word's built-in master document feature is *not* recommended by most users, because it tends to corrupt documents. ~~~ Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "NeedAnswerForBoss" wrote in message ... I know in Word you can create sub documents from a larger document and you edit subdocuments it automatically updates itself in the larger document. How can someone do the opposite? For example, say I write 5 chapters. Chapters 1,2,3 and go into Book One, and Chapters 3,4,5 go into Book Two. (Note: Chapter 3 is in both books.) How can I edit Chapter 3 and automatically have it update in each of the Books? I basically want to combine documents yet be able to edit them seperately so they update in the master documents. |
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BTW Word wastes a perfectly good basic keyboard shortcut on Master
Documents, Ctrl-backslash -- I just made it the keying for "Accept Change" (and don't move to the next), a button I'd already put on the QAT. Hmm, if I had any need for a "Reject Change" button, I'd put it on Ctrl-pipe. On Jun 17, 9:10*am, "Stefan Blom" wrote: You can use INCLUDETEXT fields to add files to a "master" document. Seehttp://word.mvps.org/faqs/tblsfldsfms/includetextfields.htm. Note that Word's built-in master document feature is *not* recommended by most users, because it tends to corrupt documents. ~~~ Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "NeedAnswerForBoss" wrote in ... I know in Word you can create sub documents from a larger document and you edit subdocuments it automatically updates itself in the larger document. |
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Well, since master documents don't work reliably one could argue that any
keyboard shortcut assigned to any command involving master documents is a waste. :-) -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "grammatim" wrote in message ... BTW Word wastes a perfectly good basic keyboard shortcut on Master Documents, Ctrl-backslash -- I just made it the keying for "Accept Change" (and don't move to the next), a button I'd already put on the QAT. Hmm, if I had any need for a "Reject Change" button, I'd put it on Ctrl-pipe. On Jun 17, 9:10 am, "Stefan Blom" wrote: You can use INCLUDETEXT fields to add files to a "master" document. Seehttp://word.mvps.org/faqs/tblsfldsfms/includetextfields.htm. Note that Word's built-in master document feature is *not* recommended by most users, because it tends to corrupt documents. ~~~ Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "NeedAnswerForBoss" wrote in ... I know in Word you can create sub documents from a larger document and you edit subdocuments it automatically updates itself in the larger document. How can someone do the opposite? For example, say I write 5 chapters. Chapters 1,2,3 and go into Book One, and Chapters 3,4,5 go into Book Two. (Note: Chapter 3 is in both books.) How can I edit Chapter 3 and automatically have it update in each of the Books? I basically want to combine documents yet be able to edit them seperately so they update in the master documents.- |
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