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Subject:Re: Need help for long Word7 Docs From:JIMCHEVAL -at- AOL -dot- COM Date:Wed, 14 May 1997 02:09:31 -0400
In a message dated 97-05-14 00:29:59 EDT, writstar -at- WI -dot- NET (Mike Starr)
writes:
<< I recommend that you immediately flee master documents; they're toxic.>>
Really? They seem indispensable when you have a large volume with sections
being written by lots of different writers. Allows a far more modular
approach.
<<Don't be concerned. I've successfully created manuals in excess
of 600 pages in a single document. >>
And not had any slowdowns or crashes due to memory problems?
Jim C.
Los Angeles
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