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heading numbering
I have a longer document that I want to split up in subdocuments. The
headings (three levels) are assigned automatically to the different chapters of the document. When I create now a subdocument, say of chapter two, a new document is created that is stored outside the master document. So far, everything nice and dandy. How do keep the heading numbers from my original document in the subdocument? If I store "Chapter 2" away in a subdocument then I don't want to see it renumbered to "Chapter 1", just because the other headings from the masterdocument are not present. Any clues on this one? |
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Sorry, I don't have an answer because I don't use Master Documents. However,
you may need the reason I don't more than you need an answer. "Master Document" is a term of art in Word referring to a "feature" that not only doesn't work but also destroys documents. The consensus (with the limited exception of Steve Hudson) among those offering advice on these newsgroups is that using the Master Document feature is a good way to destroy your document. It can destroy parts of your document that you are not even working on! I think John McGhie said it succinctly when he said that there are two kinds of Master Documents: Those that are corrupt and those that will be corrupt soon. See http://www.addbalance.com/word/masterdocuments.htm for information on the Master Document feature and workarounds. See http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ocsCorrupt.htm for more information on what goes wrong, and http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...MasterDocs.htm for ideas on how to salvage what you can. See http://www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/ma...masterdocs.doc for Steve Hudson's instructions if you are willing to follow them very carefully. -- 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://www.mvps.org/word 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. "ak" wrote in message ... I have a longer document that I want to split up in subdocuments. The headings (three levels) are assigned automatically to the different chapters of the document. When I create now a subdocument, say of chapter two, a new document is created that is stored outside the master document. So far, everything nice and dandy. How do keep the heading numbers from my original document in the subdocument? If I store "Chapter 2" away in a subdocument then I don't want to see it renumbered to "Chapter 1", just because the other headings from the masterdocument are not present. Any clues on this one? |
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