RE: Generate One TOC from multiple Word Docs

["Don White" <writer -at- jrtcllc -dot- com>]

Da. Completely agree, Richard!

Donald H. White
James River Technical Communications
www.jrtcllc.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com]
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 11:03 AM
To: Don White; 'Dan Goldstein'; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: Generate One TOC from multiple Word Docs


Don White wrote:

> Well, I really, really appreciate the sarcasm. In fact, there's
> nothing finer than the faint whiff of sarcasm. Imagine my surprise -
> I've only used MS Word since Word v3 - that one might create a single
> TOC if one
> (dared)
> use Master Document.

I've heard people say that the master document feature finally works, and
that's nice. But it certainly isn't the only way to combine multiple word
files into a single output file and create a single TOC. RD fields, which a
couple of other people have mentioned, have worked just fine for a long
time.

I can't speak for Word 3 (I was wedded to WordPerfect in those days), but I
used Word 6/95 extensively for large documents. Each chapter was in its own
Word file. Another Word file contained the title page, front-matter
(including TOC), and introduction. At the end of that file was a set of RD
fields, each pulling in a chapter file. (If the book had an index, it came
after the RD fields.)

That said, it couldn't hold a candle to the friendly large-doc environs of
FrameMaker. :-)

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