[Ken Russ]

I have created a master document setup for my catalogue as this file is
extremely huge.
I am experiencing issues with pagination when I open the master document.
For example one of the sub documents keeps putting a random blank page in the
master document. It is not always the same page when I open the document.

The sub document does strange things like, when I am typing informatin into
the page it puts a page break when it feels like it. I am only talking about
three lines of text in some cases on the whole page.

Any thoughts on this. I have tried the single document thing but the size of
the file makes it very unweidly and printing takes absolutely forever.

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

See the article "Why Master Documents corrupt" at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...ocsCorrupt.htm

and "How to recover a Master Document" at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...MasterDocs.htm


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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Ken Russ" Ken wrote in message
...
I have created a master document setup for my catalogue as this file is
extremely huge.
I am experiencing issues with pagination when I open the master document.
For example one of the sub documents keeps putting a random blank page in
the
master document. It is not always the same page when I open the document.

The sub document does strange things like, when I am typing informatin
into
the page it puts a page break when it feels like it. I am only talking
about
three lines of text in some cases on the whole page.

Any thoughts on this. I have tried the single document thing but the size
of
the file makes it very unweidly and printing takes absolutely forever.

[Ken Russ]

HI Doug.

Thanks for that information. It sort of fixed my problem, but then created a
dilema. What do I do to get my catalogue finished. The file size is making it
very unweildly and massive. Any ideas on how to control this and put out a
catalogue that runs to 150 pages with pictures , text, tables etc.

Thanks
Ken.

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

See the article "Why Master Documents corrupt" at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...ocsCorrupt.htm

and "How to recover a Master Document" at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...MasterDocs.htm


--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Ken Russ" Ken wrote in message
...
I have created a master document setup for my catalogue as this file is
extremely huge.
I am experiencing issues with pagination when I open the master document.
For example one of the sub documents keeps putting a random blank page in
the
master document. It is not always the same page when I open the document.

The sub document does strange things like, when I am typing informatin
into
the page it puts a page break when it feels like it. I am only talking
about
three lines of text in some cases on the whole page.

Any thoughts on this. I have tried the single document thing but the size
of
the file makes it very unweidly and printing takes absolutely forever.

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Probably when working with the document, from the Tools menu, select Options
and then in the View tab, check the Picture Placeholders box.

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Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Ken Russ" wrote in message
...
HI Doug.

Thanks for that information. It sort of fixed my problem, but then created
a
dilema. What do I do to get my catalogue finished. The file size is making
it
very unweildly and massive. Any ideas on how to control this and put out a
catalogue that runs to 150 pages with pictures , text, tables etc.

Thanks
Ken.

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

See the article "Why Master Documents corrupt" at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...ocsCorrupt.htm

and "How to recover a Master Document" at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...MasterDocs.htm


--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Ken Russ" Ken wrote in message
...
I have created a master document setup for my catalogue as this file is
extremely huge.
I am experiencing issues with pagination when I open the master
document.
For example one of the sub documents keeps putting a random blank page
in
the
master document. It is not always the same page when I open the
document.

The sub document does strange things like, when I am typing informatin
into
the page it puts a page break when it feels like it. I am only talking
about
three lines of text in some cases on the whole page.

Any thoughts on this. I have tried the single document thing but the
size
of
the file makes it very unweidly and printing takes absolutely forever.

[Cindy M.]

Hi ?B?S2VuIFJ1c3M=?=,

I have created a master document setup for my catalogue as this file is
extremely huge.
I am experiencing issues with pagination when I open the master document.
For example one of the sub documents keeps putting a random blank page in the
master document. It is not always the same page when I open the document.

The sub document does strange things like, when I am typing informatin into
the page it puts a page break when it feels like it. I am only talking about
three lines of text in some cases on the whole page.

Any thoughts on this. I have tried the single document thing but the size of
the file makes it very unweidly and printing takes absolutely forever.

If you're certain you haven't put anything into the file that could be causing
the strange behavior, try copying everything but the last paragraph mark into a
new file (created from the common template you should have set up for the Master
Document file set). Save it.

Now recreate the Master Document from scratch, pulling in this file instead of
the "bad" one.

Remember: you should never try editing the sub-documents from within the Master
document!

If the article Doug pointed you at has scared you off from Master docs :-), you
would have the option of using Insert/File, activating the LINK option. This is
quite like using a Master Document, just a bit more work.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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