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Create custom doc with multiple sub-docs
I'm trying to create documentation for a product that is customized by
client. I'd like to have sub-documents that describe each variation of the product, then be able to pick and choose (depending on the client) which sub-docs to group together to form a client's Final Documentation. The Final Doc would have page numbering across all pages, a TOC, chapter/section headings, etc. I thought that Word's Master Document feature would be the answer but I've yet to get it to work without crashing. Now I've read on Microsoft's MVP boards "don't use the Master Documents feature - it will only corrupt!" Any ideas on what software/tool I need to be using? I need to be able to do paper versions and (later) will move this documentation to the web. Thanks for any suggestions. |
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Create custom doc with multiple sub-docs
You can create descriptive 'sub' documents or create autotext entries that
contain the same information, and use Includetext or autotext fields to place them in your 'master' document. You then have just the one document. You can use conditional fields or autotext list fields to place the required information. If most of the information in the 'master' document is fixed, then you could use form fields in that document to collect the variables eg http://www.gmayor.com/SelectFile.htm Or you could use the boilerplate tool (boiler.zip) which you can download from my web site to insert complete files at the cursor. I have no experience of using Word files from the web, so for that you may need a different approach. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org PDR wrote: I'm trying to create documentation for a product that is customized by client. I'd like to have sub-documents that describe each variation of the product, then be able to pick and choose (depending on the client) which sub-docs to group together to form a client's Final Documentation. The Final Doc would have page numbering across all pages, a TOC, chapter/section headings, etc. I thought that Word's Master Document feature would be the answer but I've yet to get it to work without crashing. Now I've read on Microsoft's MVP boards "don't use the Master Documents feature - it will only corrupt!" Any ideas on what software/tool I need to be using? I need to be able to do paper versions and (later) will move this documentation to the web. Thanks for any suggestions. |
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Create custom doc with multiple sub-docs
Try INCLUDETEXT or one of the other options mentioned here....
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=212041 ************ Hope it helps! Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "PDR" wrote in message ... I'm trying to create documentation for a product that is customized by client. I'd like to have sub-documents that describe each variation of the product, then be able to pick and choose (depending on the client) which sub-docs to group together to form a client's Final Documentation. The Final Doc would have page numbering across all pages, a TOC, chapter/section headings, etc. I thought that Word's Master Document feature would be the answer but I've yet to get it to work without crashing. Now I've read on Microsoft's MVP boards "don't use the Master Documents feature - it will only corrupt!" Any ideas on what software/tool I need to be using? I need to be able to do paper versions and (later) will move this documentation to the web. Thanks for any suggestions. |
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