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Master doc or volumes??
I have a huge document to compile.... it will have over 200 individual
documents altogether plus all the front matter, TOC, etc. I have read that Master docs are not recommended. Is this still the case with MSWord 2002 version? Also, these documents have many graphics, embedded math font (universal math) for equations. What would be the best way to put this together? Do you recommend the Master doc method or just put into 4 or 6 volumes and make a separate TOC? |
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Master doc or volumes??
Do not use the Master Document feature. It is still not recommended in Word
2003. -- 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. "yepp" wrote in message oups.com... I have a huge document to compile.... it will have over 200 individual documents altogether plus all the front matter, TOC, etc. I have read that Master docs are not recommended. Is this still the case with MSWord 2002 version? Also, these documents have many graphics, embedded math font (universal math) for equations. What would be the best way to put this together? Do you recommend the Master doc method or just put into 4 or 6 volumes and make a separate TOC? |
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Charles Kenyon wrote: Do not use the Master Document feature. It is still not recommended in Word 2003. -- 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. "yepp" wrote in message oups.com... I have a huge document to compile.... it will have over 200 individual documents altogether plus all the front matter, TOC, etc. I have read that Master docs are not recommended. Is this still the case with MSWord 2002 version? Also, these documents have many graphics, embedded math font (universal math) for equations. What would be the best way to put this together? Do you recommend the Master doc method or just put into 4 or 6 volumes and make a separate TOC? Thanks Charles. Is that the recommendation of users, or does MS say it is unstable? I would like something to take to my supervisor to let him know Master Doc is NOT the way to go. |
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Microsoft keeps selling it with this "feature" and may advertise it. I don't
think they will tell anyone to not use it. "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://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. "yepp" wrote in message oups.com... Charles Kenyon wrote: Do not use the Master Document feature. It is still not recommended in Word 2003. -- 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. "yepp" wrote in message oups.com... I have a huge document to compile.... it will have over 200 individual documents altogether plus all the front matter, TOC, etc. I have read that Master docs are not recommended. Is this still the case with MSWord 2002 version? Also, these documents have many graphics, embedded math font (universal math) for equations. What would be the best way to put this together? Do you recommend the Master doc method or just put into 4 or 6 volumes and make a separate TOC? Thanks Charles. Is that the recommendation of users, or does MS say it is unstable? I would like something to take to my supervisor to let him know Master Doc is NOT the way to go. |
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Actually, I think it is pretty much deprecated even by MS at this point;
they'd remove the feature if they could and retain it only for backward compatibility. They have no intention of making it more stable, however. -- 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. "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... Microsoft keeps selling it with this "feature" and may advertise it. I don't think they will tell anyone to not use it. "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://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. "yepp" wrote in message oups.com... Charles Kenyon wrote: Do not use the Master Document feature. It is still not recommended in Word 2003. -- 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. "yepp" wrote in message oups.com... I have a huge document to compile.... it will have over 200 individual documents altogether plus all the front matter, TOC, etc. I have read that Master docs are not recommended. Is this still the case with MSWord 2002 version? Also, these documents have many graphics, embedded math font (universal math) for equations. What would be the best way to put this together? Do you recommend the Master doc method or just put into 4 or 6 volumes and make a separate TOC? Thanks Charles. Is that the recommendation of users, or does MS say it is unstable? I would like something to take to my supervisor to let him know Master Doc is NOT the way to go. |
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Hi yepp
Instead of using Master documents, look at this article for how to assemble your chapters. Creating a Table of Contents Spanning Multiple Documents http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/P...cle.asp?ID=148 -- Regards Jonathan West - Word MVP www.intelligentdocuments.co.uk Please reply to the newsgroup Keep your VBA code safe, sign the ClassicVB petition www.classicvb.org "yepp" wrote in message oups.com... I have a huge document to compile.... it will have over 200 individual documents altogether plus all the front matter, TOC, etc. I have read that Master docs are not recommended. Is this still the case with MSWord 2002 version? Also, these documents have many graphics, embedded math font (universal math) for equations. What would be the best way to put this together? Do you recommend the Master doc method or just put into 4 or 6 volumes and make a separate TOC? |
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