[Michael Finney]

What's the best way to manage slight differences between documents?

For example, I have one document that needs a sentence in there and another
document that is exactly the same as the first document, but the sentence
must be gone.

Another example, I have two documents that are exactly the same except for
one paragraph which are different in both.

Using the examples above, I end up with 4 documents, with lots of
redundancy, and making a change to one won't automatically change the
(almost) twin document.

Is there a straightforward way to have something like two documents where
the content for most of the 2 documents comes from a 3rd document except
where differences must occur?

The complete documents are not longer than 10 pages usually.

Can I do this without using the Master Document (MD) feature? I understand
corruption happens quicker when using MD. Should I not fear MD?

Thanks.