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I have a number of book-length documents in Word 2003 doc format, each
chapter using a separate Master Document. How do I open or display Master Document pages in Word 2007? I want to view and edit the entire document - not just individual chapters. |
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Hi Gordon,
You're brave doing that with beta software, given the instability of Master Documents in earlier Word versions. I hope it's nothing important you're playing with!! Cheers -- macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "Gordon7000" wrote in message ... I have a number of book-length documents in Word 2003 doc format, each chapter using a separate Master Document. How do I open or display Master Document pages in Word 2007? I want to view and edit the entire document - not just individual chapters. |
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I've just discovered that Master Document control has now been moved to the
status bar. I attempted to open the long document from the status bar, but it produced an error and failed to open. An Error Report has been sent to Microsoft. "Gordon7000" wrote: I have a number of book-length documents in Word 2003 doc format, each chapter using a separate Master Document. How do I open or display Master Document pages in Word 2007? I want to view and edit the entire document - not just individual chapters. |
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I agree about the instability of previous versions using Master Documents.
I've got plenty of backups of these documents, so I'm not concerned about losing important files. I had hoped that Microsoft would have managed to resolve the problems with earlier versions of the product, or will yet do so later in this beta. If not, I'll need to consider alternative software for this kind of work. "Gordon7000" wrote: I've just discovered that Master Document control has now been moved to the status bar. I attempted to open the long document from the status bar, but it produced an error and failed to open. An Error Report has been sent to Microsoft. "Gordon7000" wrote: I have a number of book-length documents in Word 2003 doc format, each chapter using a separate Master Document. How do I open or display Master Document pages in Word 2007? I want to view and edit the entire document - not just individual chapters. |
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I think what you are looking for is in View, Outline. There is an entire
Master Document group there. Patrick Schmid -------------- http://pschmid.net "Gordon7000" wrote in message : I agree about the instability of previous versions using Master Documents. I've got plenty of backups of these documents, so I'm not concerned about losing important files. I had hoped that Microsoft would have managed to resolve the problems with earlier versions of the product, or will yet do so later in this beta. If not, I'll need to consider alternative software for this kind of work. "Gordon7000" wrote: I've just discovered that Master Document control has now been moved to the status bar. I attempted to open the long document from the status bar, but it produced an error and failed to open. An Error Report has been sent to Microsoft. "Gordon7000" wrote: I have a number of book-length documents in Word 2003 doc format, each chapter using a separate Master Document. How do I open or display Master Document pages in Word 2007? I want to view and edit the entire document - not just individual chapters. |
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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.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ocsCorrupt.htm for more information on what goes wrong, and http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...MasterDocs.htm for ideas on how to salvage what you can. 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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ 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. "Gordon7000" wrote in message ... I have a number of book-length documents in Word 2003 doc format, each chapter using a separate Master Document. How do I open or display Master Document pages in Word 2007? I want to view and edit the entire document - not just individual chapters. |
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Hi Charles,
I agree completely with what you and others have said about Master Documents. I have become very frustrated with using them in previous versions, and I don't intend to use them again. However, I have many lengthy files from the past which have used master documents. Most of these have since been opened and converted to PDF files, but I still have a few that I would like to convert from Word. If Microsoft Word and Publisher can't cope satisfactorily with these large files, I will need to look elsewhere - probably, to one of the DTP software packages. I've hesitated from doing this in the past, as I wanted to maintain maximum compatibility with Microsoft files. "Charles Kenyon" wrote: 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.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ocsCorrupt.htm for more information on what goes wrong, and http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...MasterDocs.htm for ideas on how to salvage what you can. 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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ 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. "Gordon7000" wrote in message ... I have a number of book-length documents in Word 2003 doc format, each chapter using a separate Master Document. How do I open or display Master Document pages in Word 2007? I want to view and edit the entire document - not just individual chapters. |
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Hi Gordon,
There's not much that the 'Master Document' feature offers that can't be obtained fairly easily by linking documents together via INCLUDETEXT fields, without the corruption risk. With a target document that pulls together a variety of source documents using INCLUDETEXT fields, you can use even the target document to copy/cut & paste between source documents, just like you can with 'Master Documents', though the process isn't quite as simple. Cross-referencing between source documents is less flexible too, but easy enough to deal with. Word has the power, just not the way MS might have envisaged. Cheers -- macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "Gordon7000" wrote in message ... Hi Charles, I agree completely with what you and others have said about Master Documents. I have become very frustrated with using them in previous versions, and I don't intend to use them again. However, I have many lengthy files from the past which have used master documents. Most of these have since been opened and converted to PDF files, but I still have a few that I would like to convert from Word. If Microsoft Word and Publisher can't cope satisfactorily with these large files, I will need to look elsewhere - probably, to one of the DTP software packages. I've hesitated from doing this in the past, as I wanted to maintain maximum compatibility with Microsoft files. "Charles Kenyon" wrote: 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.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ocsCorrupt.htm for more information on what goes wrong, and http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...MasterDocs.htm for ideas on how to salvage what you can. 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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ 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. "Gordon7000" wrote in message ... I have a number of book-length documents in Word 2003 doc format, each chapter using a separate Master Document. How do I open or display Master Document pages in Word 2007? I want to view and edit the entire document - not just individual chapters. |
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Hi macropod,
Many thanks for this info. I wasn't aware of the method using INCLUDETEXT fields. However, if this method will allow me to link documents of about 30 pages per chapter in length (with a combined book length sometimes exceeding 500 pages), then I'd be happy to continue using MS Word to prepare the text for the books and perhaps use MS Publisher to finish them. Ultimately, however, they'll be published as PDF documents. Regards, Gordon "macropod" wrote: Hi Gordon, There's not much that the 'Master Document' feature offers that can't be obtained fairly easily by linking documents together via INCLUDETEXT fields, without the corruption risk. With a target document that pulls together a variety of source documents using INCLUDETEXT fields, you can use even the target document to copy/cut & paste between source documents, just like you can with 'Master Documents', though the process isn't quite as simple. Cross-referencing between source documents is less flexible too, but easy enough to deal with. Word has the power, just not the way MS might have envisaged. Cheers -- macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "Gordon7000" wrote in message ... Hi Charles, I agree completely with what you and others have said about Master Documents. I have become very frustrated with using them in previous versions, and I don't intend to use them again. However, I have many lengthy files from the past which have used master documents. Most of these have since been opened and converted to PDF files, but I still have a few that I would like to convert from Word. If Microsoft Word and Publisher can't cope satisfactorily with these large files, I will need to look elsewhere - probably, to one of the DTP software packages. I've hesitated from doing this in the past, as I wanted to maintain maximum compatibility with Microsoft files. "Charles Kenyon" wrote: 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.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ocsCorrupt.htm for more information on what goes wrong, and http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...MasterDocs.htm for ideas on how to salvage what you can. 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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ 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. "Gordon7000" wrote in message ... I have a number of book-length documents in Word 2003 doc format, each chapter using a separate Master Document. How do I open or display Master Document pages in Word 2007? I want to view and edit the entire document - not just individual chapters. |
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Hi Gordon,
30 pages - piece of cake! 20 of them - no worries! Cheers -- macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "Gordon7000" wrote in message ... Hi macropod, Many thanks for this info. I wasn't aware of the method using INCLUDETEXT fields. However, if this method will allow me to link documents of about 30 pages per chapter in length (with a combined book length sometimes exceeding 500 pages), then I'd be happy to continue using MS Word to prepare the text for the books and perhaps use MS Publisher to finish them. Ultimately, however, they'll be published as PDF documents. Regards, Gordon "macropod" wrote: Hi Gordon, There's not much that the 'Master Document' feature offers that can't be obtained fairly easily by linking documents together via INCLUDETEXT fields, without the corruption risk. With a target document that pulls together a variety of source documents using INCLUDETEXT fields, you can use even the target document to copy/cut & paste between source documents, just like you can with 'Master Documents', though the process isn't quite as simple. Cross-referencing between source documents is less flexible too, but easy enough to deal with. Word has the power, just not the way MS might have envisaged. Cheers -- macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "Gordon7000" wrote in message ... Hi Charles, I agree completely with what you and others have said about Master Documents. I have become very frustrated with using them in previous versions, and I don't intend to use them again. However, I have many lengthy files from the past which have used master documents. Most of these have since been opened and converted to PDF files, but I still have a few that I would like to convert from Word. If Microsoft Word and Publisher can't cope satisfactorily with these large files, I will need to look elsewhere - probably, to one of the DTP software packages. I've hesitated from doing this in the past, as I wanted to maintain maximum compatibility with Microsoft files. "Charles Kenyon" wrote: 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.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ocsCorrupt.htm for more information on what goes wrong, and http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...MasterDocs.htm for ideas on how to salvage what you can. 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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ 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. "Gordon7000" wrote in message ... I have a number of book-length documents in Word 2003 doc format, each chapter using a separate Master Document. How do I open or display Master Document pages in Word 2007? I want to view and edit the entire document - not just individual chapters. |
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G'day Gordon7000 ,
XML files don't suffer from corruption. Master documents cause corruption. Mixing and matching the two technologies in any way you please (Word 2003+) will seriously reduce problem rates. Try saving all your subs as HTML if you are using 2k. Then quit word, reload em all, and resave as doc. You lose a lil formatting, and a TRUCKLOAD of corruption. Steve Hudson - Word Heretic steve from wordheretic.com (Email replies require payment) Without prejudice Gordon7000 reckoned: Hi macropod, Many thanks for this info. I wasn't aware of the method using INCLUDETEXT fields. However, if this method will allow me to link documents of about 30 pages per chapter in length (with a combined book length sometimes exceeding 500 pages), then I'd be happy to continue using MS Word to prepare the text for the books and perhaps use MS Publisher to finish them. Ultimately, however, they'll be published as PDF documents. Regards, Gordon "macropod" wrote: Hi Gordon, There's not much that the 'Master Document' feature offers that can't be obtained fairly easily by linking documents together via INCLUDETEXT fields, without the corruption risk. With a target document that pulls together a variety of source documents using INCLUDETEXT fields, you can use even the target document to copy/cut & paste between source documents, just like you can with 'Master Documents', though the process isn't quite as simple. Cross-referencing between source documents is less flexible too, but easy enough to deal with. Word has the power, just not the way MS might have envisaged. Cheers -- macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "Gordon7000" wrote in message ... Hi Charles, I agree completely with what you and others have said about Master Documents. I have become very frustrated with using them in previous versions, and I don't intend to use them again. However, I have many lengthy files from the past which have used master documents. Most of these have since been opened and converted to PDF files, but I still have a few that I would like to convert from Word. If Microsoft Word and Publisher can't cope satisfactorily with these large files, I will need to look elsewhere - probably, to one of the DTP software packages. I've hesitated from doing this in the past, as I wanted to maintain maximum compatibility with Microsoft files. "Charles Kenyon" wrote: 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.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ocsCorrupt.htm for more information on what goes wrong, and http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...MasterDocs.htm for ideas on how to salvage what you can. 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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ 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. "Gordon7000" wrote in message ... I have a number of book-length documents in Word 2003 doc format, each chapter using a separate Master Document. How do I open or display Master Document pages in Word 2007? I want to view and edit the entire document - not just individual chapters. |
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Hi Steve,
Many thanks for the tip. I haven't had any problems since I stopped using Master Documents in all my new docs, but I'll try your suggestion on my older sub docs that haven't yet been converted. This forum has been proving very useful and informative. It's a pity I hadn't known about it several years ago. Thanks everyone for all your help. Gordon "Word Heretic" wrote: G'day Gordon7000 , XML files don't suffer from corruption. Master documents cause corruption. Mixing and matching the two technologies in any way you please (Word 2003+) will seriously reduce problem rates. Try saving all your subs as HTML if you are using 2k. Then quit word, reload em all, and resave as doc. You lose a lil formatting, and a TRUCKLOAD of corruption. Steve Hudson - Word Heretic steve from wordheretic.com (Email replies require payment) Without prejudice Gordon7000 reckoned: Hi macropod, Many thanks for this info. I wasn't aware of the method using INCLUDETEXT fields. However, if this method will allow me to link documents of about 30 pages per chapter in length (with a combined book length sometimes exceeding 500 pages), then I'd be happy to continue using MS Word to prepare the text for the books and perhaps use MS Publisher to finish them. Ultimately, however, they'll be published as PDF documents. Regards, Gordon "macropod" wrote: Hi Gordon, There's not much that the 'Master Document' feature offers that can't be obtained fairly easily by linking documents together via INCLUDETEXT fields, without the corruption risk. With a target document that pulls together a variety of source documents using INCLUDETEXT fields, you can use even the target document to copy/cut & paste between source documents, just like you can with 'Master Documents', though the process isn't quite as simple. Cross-referencing between source documents is less flexible too, but easy enough to deal with. Word has the power, just not the way MS might have envisaged. Cheers -- macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "Gordon7000" wrote in message ... Hi Charles, I agree completely with what you and others have said about Master Documents. I have become very frustrated with using them in previous versions, and I don't intend to use them again. However, I have many lengthy files from the past which have used master documents. Most of these have since been opened and converted to PDF files, but I still have a few that I would like to convert from Word. If Microsoft Word and Publisher can't cope satisfactorily with these large files, I will need to look elsewhere - probably, to one of the DTP software packages. I've hesitated from doing this in the past, as I wanted to maintain maximum compatibility with Microsoft files. "Charles Kenyon" wrote: 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.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ocsCorrupt.htm for more information on what goes wrong, and http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...MasterDocs.htm for ideas on how to salvage what you can. 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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ 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. "Gordon7000" wrote in message ... I have a number of book-length documents in Word 2003 doc format, each chapter using a separate Master Document. How do I open or display Master Document pages in Word 2007? I want to view and edit the entire document - not just individual chapters. |
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