[Nick H.]

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.

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Nick H.
niko25at "at" yahoo "dot" de

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Before you get any farther down this road, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/Wh...ocsCorrupt.htm

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
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"Nick H." niko25at@NOSPAM (at) yahoo.de wrote in message
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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

[Daiya Mitchell]

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.]

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

[Robert M. Franz (RMF)]

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.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

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

[Nick H.]

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".

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Nick H.
niko25at "at" yahoo "dot" de