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Subject:Re: Generate One TOC from multiple Word Docs From:Susan W Gallagher <susanwg -at- gmail -dot- com> To:Roberta Hennessey <rahennessey -at- gmail -dot- com> Date:Fri, 21 Oct 2011 08:22:46 -0700
Using an RD document with your separate Word files works just fine, and yes,
once it's assembled, you can generate a single toc or index from there as
well as print to paper or pdf to generate your whole document. But if your
doc has chapters, you're better off with a separate doc for each chapter.
HTH!
-Sue Gallagher
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Roberta Hennessey
<rahennessey -at- gmail -dot- com>wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Issue: 400+ page Word 2007 doc that keeps crashing.
>
> We have come up with two possible solutions:
>
> 1) Break Word doc into four documents. Generate one TOC for all four docs.
> (I see articles on using RD | text fields though my question is, once
> created, can we update
> the TOC as easlily as clicking the update button?
>
> 2. Break Word doc into four documents, pdf all four Word docs, then combine
> in one pdf. Is it possible to generate a TOC in the pdf? (We have Acrobat
> Pro.)
>
> Has anyone on the list ever run into this issue? What did you find was the
> best solution? The best solution would be a TOC of some sort that could be
> updated automatically.
>
> Thank you.
>
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