[Dave Alessi]

I think the master/sub document handling is word is just awful! I have a
user manual which is constructed of about 20 seperate files. I have several
editions of the manual, which all include some of the different sections.
Each "master" has a table of contents, and an index.

Every time I need to update these documents, it is a major ordeal. Doing
things like inserting a new sub-document is incredibly hard. The section
breaks always get messed up, as do the headers and footers. If I work with
it for enough time (usually hours), I can finally get it to work, but
Microsoft should be able to do better.

The user interface is counter-intutitive. We have outline mode, master
mode, sometimes I can edit, other times I can't. It is Stupid!

I can't even edit the document on an older version of word (2003). I have
to terminal services into a newer version just to be able to edit without
crashing.

You have been developing word for 20 years. How long before you can get it
right?

I AM A VERY FRUSTRATED USER!!!!!


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[Graham Mayor]

The master document function has never worked properly and Microsoft has not
put in the development work to fix it. Given that Word can work with
documents of hundreds (or even thousands) of pages, it is easier to work
with a single document than to struggle.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Dave Alessi wrote:
I think the master/sub document handling is word is just awful! I
have a user manual which is constructed of about 20 seperate files.
I have several editions of the manual, which all include some of the
different sections. Each "master" has a table of contents, and an
index.

Every time I need to update these documents, it is a major ordeal.
Doing things like inserting a new sub-document is incredibly hard.
The section breaks always get messed up, as do the headers and
footers. If I work with it for enough time (usually hours), I can
finally get it to work, but Microsoft should be able to do better.

The user interface is counter-intutitive. We have outline mode,
master mode, sometimes I can edit, other times I can't. It is Stupid!

I can't even edit the document on an older version of word (2003). I
have to terminal services into a newer version just to be able to
edit without crashing.

You have been developing word for 20 years. How long before you can
get it right?

I AM A VERY FRUSTRATED USER!!!!!