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Section Breaks auto changing to Continuous in Subdocument
Working with 2003. When building a subdocument, we insert a Page Break/
Next Section between each document (file) - some documents have numbered lists. The problem is that during the subdocument build, the Next Section breaks are automatically turning into Continuous breaks. Of course because Next Section breaks aren't being recognized, the numbered lists are renumbered from document to document. We have tried to add a new Next Section break and the then delete the old 'Continuous' break - seems to work for some and not others and then it seems all of the Next Section Breas are again turned into Continuous Breaks. This did not happen in Word 2002. Did something change between those releases regarding Next Page/Continuous Breaks?? Of course it's time to publish and we are having problems. Thanks in advance. |
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Hello Kathy
you are aware of the "gotchas" with Master/Subdocuments in the "literature?" Why Master Documents corrupt (by John McGhie) http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/Wh...ocsCorrupt.htm Kathy wrote: Working with 2003. When building a subdocument, we insert a Page Break/ Next Section between each document (file) - some documents have numbered lists. The problem is that during the subdocument build, the Next Section breaks are automatically turning into Continuous breaks. these next (I presume page type section breaks are _within_ a subdocument? Or are these the section breaks used to wrap Subdocuments (i.e., separate from the Masterdocument itself)? How exactly are you building the Subs? Are you using code? Have you compared a recorded macro when you insert a subdocument manually to your code? Of course because Next Section breaks aren't being recognized, the numbered lists are renumbered from document to document. The type of a section break has, to my understanding, nothing to do restarting/breaking any numbering chains. We have tried to add a new Next Section break and the then delete the old 'Continuous' break - seems to work for some and not others and then it seems all of the Next Section Breas are again turned into Continuous Breaks. This did not happen in Word 2002. Did something change between those releases regarding Next Page/Continuous Breaks?? Of course it's time to publish and we are having problems. Thanks in advance. Hard to help, as we don't know what/why you're using the subdocument feature in the first place. If you're dealing with code, best visit one of the word.vba.* forums and include the relevant bits. ..2cents Robert -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MSFT | \ / | MVP | Scientific Reports X Against HTML | for | with Word? / \ in e-mail & news | Word | http://www.masteringword.eu/ |
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On Feb 25, 6:32*am, "Robert M. Franz (RMF)"
wrote: Hello Kathy you are aware of the "gotchas" with Master/Subdocuments in the "literature?" Why Master Documents corrupt (by John McGhie)http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/Wh...ocsCorrupt.htm Kathy wrote: Working with 2003. When building a subdocument, we insert a Page Break/ Next Section between each document (file) - some documents have numbered lists. The problem is that during the subdocument build, the Next Section breaks are automatically turning into Continuous breaks. these next (I presume page type section breaks are _within_ a subdocument? Or are these the section breaks used to wrap Subdocuments (i.e., separate from the Masterdocument itself)? How exactly are you building the Subs? Are you using code? Have you compared a recorded macro when you insert a subdocument manually to your code? Of course because Next Section breaks aren't being recognized, the numbered lists are renumbered from document to document. The type of a section break has, to my understanding, nothing to do restarting/breaking any numbering chains. We have tried to add a new Next Section break and the then delete the old 'Continuous' break - seems to work for some and not others and then it seems all of the Next Section Breas are again turned into Continuous Breaks. *This did not happen in Word 2002. Did something change between those releases regarding Next Page/Continuous Breaks?? Of course it's time to publish and we are having problems. Thanks in advance. Hard to help, as we don't know what/why you're using the subdocument feature in the first place. If you're dealing with code, best visit one of the word.vba.* forums and include the relevant bits. .2cents Robert -- * /"\ *ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MSFT | * \ / * * * * * * * * * * * *| *MVP | * * Scientific Reports * *X * * * *Against HTML * * | *for | * * * * with Word? * / \ * * in e-mail & news * | Word |http://www.masteringword.eu/ Robert - We are well aware of the 'so-called' pitfalls of Master Documents - however, we publish all our software documentation using Master Documents and have for 5 years. These documents range from 100 - 1000 pages. We (knock on wood) have had no issues using Master Documents. We 'include' individual file documents into a Sub-document to build chapters. The Master Document is created using the Sub-documents. Have never had an issue - we don't use 'code' anywhere and our documentation is isolated within our network. We have very high standards as to style/formatting. We do, however, have a new writer who may not have followed our rigorous standards and did something unknowingly. Thanks for the response - I leave it to human error. We did get the Sub-document corrected and the Master built !! |
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Hello Kathy
Kathy wrote: [..] We are well aware of the 'so-called' pitfalls of Master Documents - however, we publish all our software documentation using Master Documents and have for 5 years. These documents range from 100 - 1000 pages. We (knock on wood) have had no issues using Master Documents. We 'include' individual file documents into a Sub-document to build chapters. The Master Document is created using the Sub-documents. Have never had an issue - we don't use 'code' anywhere and our documentation is isolated within our network. We have very high standards as to style/formatting. We do, however, have a new writer who may not have followed our rigorous standards and did something unknowingly. Thanks for the response - I leave it to human error. We did get the Sub-document corrected and the Master built !! as long as you are aware, that's fine. You don't specify what you're using the feature for, though (there's nothing in your text that would not be possible with a single file). But as long as you got it working again, all is fine ... :-) Greetinx Robert -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MSFT | \ / | MVP | Scientific Reports X Against HTML | for | with Word? / \ in e-mail & news | Word | http://www.masteringword.eu/ |
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