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If not Master Document, then what?
So, I concede that the Master Document feature is a risk. So, what is the
alternative to create a large document based on many small documents? |
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If not Master Document, then what?
Just create a single large document.
-- 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. "Deb" wrote in message ... So, I concede that the Master Document feature is a risk. So, what is the alternative to create a large document based on many small documents? |
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If not Master Document, then what?
But what about re-use? The content of the large document is really smaller
documents that needs to be re-used across multiple large documents. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Just create a single large document. -- 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. "Deb" wrote in message ... So, I concede that the Master Document feature is a risk. So, what is the alternative to create a large document based on many small documents? |
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If not Master Document, then what?
Hasn't IncludeText already been suggested?
-- 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. "Deb" wrote in message ... But what about re-use? The content of the large document is really smaller documents that needs to be re-used across multiple large documents. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Just create a single large document. -- 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. "Deb" wrote in message ... So, I concede that the Master Document feature is a risk. So, what is the alternative to create a large document based on many small documents? |
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If not Master Document, then what?
Interesting. I have never used that field before. In experimenting with it,
I keep getting the error: Error! Not a Valid Filename. The file will always be in the same directory as the file in which the FIELD will reside, so I am just entering the filename as filename.doc. Now how does this differ from Master Document? The Help feature indicates you can also push updates back to the source file by using the Ctrl + Shift + F7 keystroke. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Hasn't IncludeText already been suggested? -- 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. "Deb" wrote in message ... But what about re-use? The content of the large document is really smaller documents that needs to be re-used across multiple large documents. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Just create a single large document. -- 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. "Deb" wrote in message ... So, I concede that the Master Document feature is a risk. So, what is the alternative to create a large document based on many small documents? |
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If not Master Document, then what?
See http://daiya.mvps.org/includetext.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. "Deb" wrote in message ... Interesting. I have never used that field before. In experimenting with it, I keep getting the error: Error! Not a Valid Filename. The file will always be in the same directory as the file in which the FIELD will reside, so I am just entering the filename as filename.doc. Now how does this differ from Master Document? The Help feature indicates you can also push updates back to the source file by using the Ctrl + Shift + F7 keystroke. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Hasn't IncludeText already been suggested? -- 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. "Deb" wrote in message ... But what about re-use? The content of the large document is really smaller documents that needs to be re-used across multiple large documents. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Just create a single large document. -- 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. "Deb" wrote in message ... So, I concede that the Master Document feature is a risk. So, what is the alternative to create a large document based on many small documents? |
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If not Master Document, then what?
Suzanne:
I have experimented with this field and find that the resulting formatting is inconsistent at best. For example, if I'm inserting a file that begins with Heading 1 style followed by a body style, sometimes the files are inserted with the body style being replaced with the Heading 1 style or vice versa. It's all very inconsistent and erratic. Are there any "best practices" to follow when using this field to avoid the resulting unformatting of the final document? Thanks for your help. "Deb" wrote: Interesting. I have never used that field before. In experimenting with it, I keep getting the error: Error! Not a Valid Filename. The file will always be in the same directory as the file in which the FIELD will reside, so I am just entering the filename as filename.doc. Now how does this differ from Master Document? The Help feature indicates you can also push updates back to the source file by using the Ctrl + Shift + F7 keystroke. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Hasn't IncludeText already been suggested? -- 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. "Deb" wrote in message ... But what about re-use? The content of the large document is really smaller documents that needs to be re-used across multiple large documents. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Just create a single large document. -- 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. "Deb" wrote in message ... So, I concede that the Master Document feature is a risk. So, what is the alternative to create a large document based on many small documents? |
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If not Master Document, then what?
Standard workarounds for people who wanted Master Documents (and I don't
see how Master Document is an appropriate feature for re-using content anyhow--a subdocument belonging to multiple master documents sounds either impossible or extra-prone to corruption): IncludeText Fields can partially substitute for the Master Document feature€”for an introduction to them, see he http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFm...textfields.htm Word experts generally advise combining long documents into one file, if possible, and you will find more information on controlling those big files he http://daiya.mvps.org/bookword.htm Creating a Table of Contents Spanning Multiple Documents http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/P...cle.asp?ID=148 See the €śNumber Pages Across Files€ť section at this link: http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindy...r/MiscFram.htm Deb wrote: So, I concede that the Master Document feature is a risk. So, what is the alternative to create a large document based on many small documents? |
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If not Master Document, then what?
Thank you, Daiya.
I have to admit, I had never looked into Word's Master Document feature until last nigh and was horrified to see that the documents were actually part of the Master, not links like they used to be in WordPerfect. My "concept" of Master Document comes from WordPerfect, which had it nailed. I will read up further on the links you provide. THanks again. "Daiya Mitchell" wrote: Standard workarounds for people who wanted Master Documents (and I don't see how Master Document is an appropriate feature for re-using content anyhow--a subdocument belonging to multiple master documents sounds either impossible or extra-prone to corruption): IncludeText Fields can partially substitute for the Master Document feature€”for an introduction to them, see he http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFm...textfields.htm Word experts generally advise combining long documents into one file, if possible, and you will find more information on controlling those big files he http://daiya.mvps.org/bookword.htm Creating a Table of Contents Spanning Multiple Documents http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/P...cle.asp?ID=148 See the €śNumber Pages Across Files€ť section at this link: http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindy...r/MiscFram.htm Deb wrote: So, I concede that the Master Document feature is a risk. So, what is the alternative to create a large document based on many small documents? |
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