RE: Difference between master documents and INCLUDE TEXT

["Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>]

Holly Steele wrote: 
 
> If I mention of techwr-l that I am working on a master document, I get
a
> lot
> of advice that says don't do it, run for your life etc. But when I ask
for
> alternatives to master documents, people suggest using INCLUDETEXT to
> include my other files.
> 
> The document I was working with initially inserted the "subdocuments"
or
> other chapters, using INCLUDETEXT.
> 
> The definition of master document on google is "A file containing
links to
> individual files that make up a larger document". So by that
definition, I
> was working with a master document.

That's _a_ definition of master document (found using Google), not _the_
definition. :-) 

The warnings you've gotten refer to a _specific_ Word feature, not the
general concept described in the definition you found. For more info
about the Word feature, Google for "word master document" (sans quotes).


HTH!
Richard


Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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303-777-0436
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