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Subject:Re: MS Word Master Document From:"@í" <sdeichmann -at- voicemobility -dot- com> To:techwr-l Date:Wed, 15 Mar 2000 09:07:47 -0800
I have had lots of problems in the past with Word's master document feature,
and abandoned it about 4 years ago. I have not used it in Word 97 or Word
2000, so I cannot comment on whether MS has improved it.
I have worked with 250+ page documents in Word 97 and Word 2000 with much
success. The graphics were even embedded in the document, not linked. I
recommend converting it to a single doc.
Sue
Andriene Ferguson <Andriene -dot- Ferguson -at- concisetech -dot- com> wrote in message news:40127 -at- techwr-l -dot- -dot- -dot-
>
> I have a 300 page manual to update. The manual was created in MS Word as a
> Master doc. I am trying to decide whether to keep it as a master doc or to
> convert it to one word doc. I know Word does not handle large documents
> well, but if I link all the graphics I think it should be okay. I have
never
> worked with Word's master doc feature, but I have heard horrible things
> about it.
>
