[DiverDan]

OK, I know the first reply is going to be "don't use master documents". But
I've created them before I read this, which took 2 weeks, and I haven't had
any real issues yet (with word XP I haven't, although I had a slew of
problems with word 97 and 2000), so I would like to try to keep them. First
question, has there been any improvements in word 2003 with respect to
masters that would make it worthwhile to use 2003 instead of XP?
2nd question: I have a master document containing the major chapters of a
1000+ page document. Each chapter is a master document itself containing the
sections of each chapter. I used master documents so that I could create
cross references that would take me to different chapters and sections
without opening new files. It all seems to be working. Does anyone know of
any specific issues with this method of nesting master documents?
3rd question: someone was editing my master document on the server. I
wanted to create a local copy to work on, but when I did, some of the
subdocument hyperlinks were pointed at the web and some were pointed at my
local directory. Why the inconsistency? I could live with one or the other,
but not a mixture of both... I also can't update the hyperlinks that point to
the server since the other person has their copy open and It won't let me
open the docs to resave them so that the links point at my own local copies.
Do I have to recreate the master docs everytime from scratch? That seems to
be a real pain... Any suggestions?

[gap]

You might want to check Charles Kenyon's post dated 4/16/06 Large
Documents in Word General Questions for Master Documents. It offers some
advice, websites for solving problems that you might encounter in Master
Documents and Steve Hudson's instructions for making Master Documents work.
HTH

gap

"DiverDan" wrote:

OK, I know the first reply is going to be "don't use master documents". But
I've created them before I read this, which took 2 weeks, and I haven't had
any real issues yet (with word XP I haven't, although I had a slew of
problems with word 97 and 2000), so I would like to try to keep them. First
question, has there been any improvements in word 2003 with respect to
masters that would make it worthwhile to use 2003 instead of XP?
2nd question: I have a master document containing the major chapters of a
1000+ page document. Each chapter is a master document itself containing the
sections of each chapter. I used master documents so that I could create
cross references that would take me to different chapters and sections
without opening new files. It all seems to be working. Does anyone know of
any specific issues with this method of nesting master documents?
3rd question: someone was editing my master document on the server. I
wanted to create a local copy to work on, but when I did, some of the
subdocument hyperlinks were pointed at the web and some were pointed at my
local directory. Why the inconsistency? I could live with one or the other,
but not a mixture of both... I also can't update the hyperlinks that point to
the server since the other person has their copy open and It won't let me
open the docs to resave them so that the links point at my own local copies.
Do I have to recreate the master docs everytime from scratch? That seems to
be a real pain... Any suggestions?