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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.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. "Ron" wrote in message ... There seems to be a substantial amount of material written about why you should NOT use Master Documents. The following was provided in response to an earlier post of mine: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- How wedded are you to using the Master Document feature? I would highly recommend using other means to achieve your ends. Check out these links for why master documents are best avoided: http://www.addbalance.com/word/masterdocuments.htm http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/Wh...ocsCorrupt.htm Just a little quote to spark your interest (from http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/RecoverMasterDocs.htm): Master documents have been fatally buggy since Word 6, and remain so through Word 2000. If you use them you lose them. They must never be used for valuable text. There is no way to successfully and safely use master documents. They always corrupt eventually. Thomas Campitelli ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- I wish to clarify my understanding of the Master/Sub model. If I am not using the features associated with the Outline View toolbar (Expand, Create, Insert, Remove, Split Sub-document), but instead using the Insert - File - Insert File as Link feature of Word, will this cause problems in managing a large document? Is there a limit to the number of links (relative or absolute) that Word can handle in a single document? The version of Word that I am using is 2002 with SP3. Thanks ahead of time for any assistance. Ron |
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