Re: Word master/sub documents

["M Page" <mpage -at- csl -dot- co -dot- uk>]

Henri - do an archive search on "master documents" and you'll find that this
feature Word is very unstable, and will probably eat your documents.

(Only one person, Steve Hudson, has ever claimed to make Master Docs work,
and he did it by following a very strict procedure.
http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/magazine/technical/wordhomepage.html)

Your best bet is to use the reference document field, or, to buy an entirely
different authoring tool. For example, Author It enables you to create
topics and then include them in different books... and I'm sure the others
will chip in with different suggestions.

Good luck - you'll need it!

Martin


<henri -dot- kroeze -at- dcstrans -dot- nl> wrote in message news:218136 -at- techwr-l -dot-  -dot-  -dot- 
>
> Hello all,
>
> I'm new to this list. I ran into this list searching for an answer
> regarding Word. So far I haven't been able to find it in the archives.
>
> What gives: We have huge amounts of documentation, mainly FD's and TD's.
> Some parts of these documents we want included in the user documentation.
> Rather than to duplicate these parts, we would like to be able to refer to
> those parts.
> One way we think this can be done is using the Master/Sub document option
> in Word.
> For example: Main1 has Sub1 and Sub2.
> Then we create a new document, called Main2, that uses Sub1.
>
> Now the real question is: is it possible to 'know' from within a sub
> document, in what Master documents it is used?
> In my example: Sub1 is used in Main1 and Main2.
>
> English is not my native language, so excuse me if you see any spelling or
> grammatical errors...
>
> Henri Kroeze
> DCS Transport & Logistics
> the Netherlands
>
>



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