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can you change a child documents by changing the parent document
I have a template document which I have used to create a number of child
documents. I would like to update just the parent and cascade the changes to the children. Is there any way of doing this? |
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can you change a child documents by changing the parent document
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document A template in Word is a very special kind of document. It is one saved by Word as a template. http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm It is used to create new documents and passes text and attributes on to new documents as they are created. It sounds like you want a group of cascading templates, rather than documents. If your "documents" are being used to produce new letters or reports, they would be better saved as templates. It is possible to have a group of templates that share a common source of information so that you only have to change the source. This requires consistent use of styles and intermediate programming ability. It is also possible to create one template that has all of your variations of text. You simply open the template and tell it what you want to write and it picks your format and text for you. For instance, various form letters are stored as AutoText in the template. A UserForm opens each time you create a new document based on your template and lets you make your choices. http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms/CreateAUserForm.htm This requires somewhat more advanced programming abilities. I've not yet tackled it because what I am doing works for me. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Rob" wrote in message ... I have a template document which I have used to create a number of child documents. I would like to update just the parent and cascade the changes to the children. Is there any way of doing this? |
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If you have used IncludeText fields to insert bookmarked portions of the
parent document into the child documents, then when the bookmarked text is changed in the parent (you may have to reinsert the bookmark), the child documents can be updated with F9 (they won't update automatically). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Rob" wrote in message ... I have a template document which I have used to create a number of child documents. I would like to update just the parent and cascade the changes to the children. Is there any way of doing this? |
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