RE: Master Docs

["Jonathan West" <jwest -at- mvps -dot- org>]

>
> Does anyone know of a way to create a master document such as an
> Admin Manual and regularly update it by just changing out a
> section? What I need to do is update a large (300 +) pages
> document on a regular basis in the most efficient way possible.
> Word is not sufficient and I don't know if there is a tool that
> can automate this process. Any advice is appreciated.

Word is perfectly sufficient for this, provided you don't actually use the
feature called "Master Documents"

Instead, take a look at this article

Creating a Table of Contents Spanning Multiple Documents
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=148

You can update and replace individual chapter files and then regenerate the
ToC & Index

Regards
Jonathan West

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