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Using index in a master document
I have a master document that is linked with documents that are being
revised. I want my Master document to show an index that will automatically update when the subdocuments have been added too or revised. I.E. If I add a fresh document to the subdocument the master doc is linked to, how can I have the index recongnise the new doc and thus include it automatically in the index, naming it and all? Note, my master document just looks at 3 different departments and updates it's self when changes have been made to those departments documents, the master document is NOT for editing. |
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Using index in a master document
Hi ?B?TGVpZ2g=?=,
I have a master document that is linked with documents that are being revised. I want my Master document to show an index that will automatically update when the subdocuments have been added too or revised. I.E. If I add a fresh document to the subdocument the master doc is linked to, how can I have the index recongnise the new doc and thus include it automatically in the index, naming it and all? there's nothing in Word that will do this for you automatically. I can't think of a macro solution that would, either, as there's no way to pick up what the documents were like the last time (short of saving a set of duplicates and running a comparison). Most promising, I guess, would be to have Track Changes turned on in the Sub-documents. If that shows through in the Master, a macro could check for outstanding changes and if it finds any, have the Index update. Trickier would be getting rid of (accepting) the changes, as this would be the equivalent of editing the subdocuments while they're opened in the Master... Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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