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Master Sub Documents (Thesis writing with Word)
Hello,
I am planning to write my thesis using Word 2003 and I read about the possibility to use the "Master-Sub Document" functionality (hope this is the write English term, in German this function is called "Zentral-Filial-Dokument"). My first question is whether anyone has a good pointer to a little tutorial for that. Next, is this function prone to produce corrupt files? I was thinking of organizing my document in several files (one for each chapter) which are in stored separate folders (one for each chapter). Also, I won't import files into my master document, but I will create the sub documents out of the master document. 1) How can I set a common formatting layout for the "slave" documents because in the process of working with them, I will need a little bit of formatting? 2) I might make changes in the "slave" documents and might rename them, e.g., chapter1-v1.doc, chapter1-v2.doc, etc. How does this affect the master document? 3) I will send out the various chapters (i.e., slave files) to a reviewer who will make corrections in Word right away. Any thoughts on that and how it will affect the Master document structure? 4) When everything is finished, I will need to include a title page, a TOC, and a few other introductory pages. Is this something I need to foresee already now? If you have any suggestions for me, I'd be grateful. Thanks in advance. -- Nick H. niko25at "at" yahoo "dot" de |
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Master Sub Documents (Thesis writing with Word)
Before you get any farther down this road, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/Wh...ocsCorrupt.htm -- 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. "Nick H." niko25at@NOSPAM (at) yahoo.de wrote in message .. . Hello, I am planning to write my thesis using Word 2003 and I read about the possibility to use the "Master-Sub Document" functionality (hope this is the write English term, in German this function is called "Zentral-Filial-Dokument"). My first question is whether anyone has a good pointer to a little tutorial for that. Next, is this function prone to produce corrupt files? I was thinking of organizing my document in several files (one for each chapter) which are in stored separate folders (one for each chapter). Also, I won't import files into my master document, but I will create the sub documents out of the master document. 1) How can I set a common formatting layout for the "slave" documents because in the process of working with them, I will need a little bit of formatting? 2) I might make changes in the "slave" documents and might rename them, e.g., chapter1-v1.doc, chapter1-v2.doc, etc. How does this affect the master document? 3) I will send out the various chapters (i.e., slave files) to a reviewer who will make corrections in Word right away. Any thoughts on that and how it will affect the Master document structure? 4) When everything is finished, I will need to include a title page, a TOC, and a few other introductory pages. Is this something I need to foresee already now? If you have any suggestions for me, I'd be grateful. Thanks in advance. -- Nick H. niko25at "at" yahoo "dot" de |
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Master Sub Documents (Thesis writing with Word)
See also:
http://daiya.mvps.org/bookword.htm Which is a compilation of useful links for long documents, especially theses. The Overview discusses the important concepts you should be aware of. Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: Before you get any farther down this road, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/Wh...ocsCorrupt.htm |
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Master Sub Documents (Thesis writing with Word)
Thank you, both of you. If I understand everything correctly, the key to a
corrupt free Word document is to have a proper concept and use the Master Document function as the very last step. On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 09:17:20 -0800, Daiya Mitchell wrote: See also: http://daiya.mvps.org/bookword.htm Which is a compilation of useful links for long documents, especially theses. The Overview discusses the important concepts you should be aware of. Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: Before you get any farther down this road, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/Wh...ocsCorrupt.htm -- Nick H. niko25at "at" yahoo "dot" de |
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Master Sub Documents (Thesis writing with Word)
Nick H. wrote:
Thank you, both of you. If I understand everything correctly, the key to a corrupt free Word document is to have a proper concept and use the Master Document function as the very last step. .... or not at all. I don't see any reason to use it in your boots. 0.2¢ Robert -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word |
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Master Sub Documents (Thesis writing with Word)
Actually, you should not need to use a Master Doc at all. Word can handle
extremely large documents in a single file. -- 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. "Nick H." niko25at@NOSPAM (at) yahoo.de wrote in message ... Thank you, both of you. If I understand everything correctly, the key to a corrupt free Word document is to have a proper concept and use the Master Document function as the very last step. On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 09:17:20 -0800, Daiya Mitchell wrote: See also: http://daiya.mvps.org/bookword.htm Which is a compilation of useful links for long documents, especially theses. The Overview discusses the important concepts you should be aware of. Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: Before you get any farther down this road, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/Wh...ocsCorrupt.htm -- Nick H. niko25at "at" yahoo "dot" de |
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Master Sub Documents (Thesis writing with Word)
On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:09:41 -0600, Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
Actually, you should not need to use a Master Doc at all. Word can handle extremely large documents in a single file. I understand. I simply wanted to use the Master Doc to make the merging of the various chapter files easier. Do you suggest I make a template for my various chapter files to start with a formatted document each time I start a new chapter, or should I deal with the formatting as the very last step. What I always do when I insert a new chapter in the final document is to use "Section Break Next Page." I am not sure what the difference between "Section Break Next Page" and "Section Break Continuous is". -- Nick H. niko25at "at" yahoo "dot" de |
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