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How to Copy a Master Doc with links and Sub Docs completely to New Folder
Is there an easy way to copy a Master Doc with links to sub-docs and have
the Master with the sub-docs in a new folder? TIA DW Dublin, Ireland |
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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. "Daniel Walsh" wrote in message ... Is there an easy way to copy a Master Doc with links to sub-docs and have the Master with the sub-docs in a new folder? TIA DW Dublin, Ireland |
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Hi Daniel
Daniel Walsh wrote: Is there an easy way to copy a Master Doc with links to sub-docs and have the Master with the sub-docs in a new folder? See Charles' answer! The only quote about relative paths to Subdocs I once stumbled over is he relative paths master2subdocs http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...72c3f%40speedy Bottom line: I very much doubt there is such an easy way you're looking for unless the Masterdocument is already setup in that way. HTH Robert -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word |
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Assuming there's no going back for you, and you're stuck with the master doc
feature, have a look at this article which does some explaining of relative and absolute paths. Perhaps you can switch your links to relative paths, and disable the options to "update links on save" as they recommend, and then move everything. http://daiya.mvps.org/includetext.htm#FilePaths "Daniel Walsh" wrote in message ... Is there an easy way to copy a Master Doc with links to sub-docs and have the Master with the sub-docs in a new folder? TIA DW Dublin, Ireland |