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Subject:Re: Word 7 for Windows vs Formatting problems From:Ron Biggs <ronb -at- SAKSON -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 3 Apr 1998 09:40:04 -0800
Also, make sure you have manually set *all* pagebreaks.
-ron
senior editor
sakson & taylor inc
206.545.3608
www.sakson.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Walter Hanig [SMTP:wdh -at- NETMANAGE -dot- COM]
> Sent: Friday, April 03, 1998 9:02 AM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Re: Word 7 for Windows vs Formatting problems
>
> At 08:52 AM 4/3/98 PST, Linda Miller wrote:
> >HELP! Our group is very frustrated with Winword 7. We cannot trust
> the
> >table of contents or index for our manuals. They change
> mysteriously!!!!
>
> I'll make the obvious statement: Don't use master documents; use RD
> fields instead to compile TOCs and Indexes from separate files. (White
> paper available; request offline.)
>
> On a more practical note, check all your headers and footers in the
> index section for "same as previous." When this is checked/enabled,
> you can lose the column settings or formatting of the section break
> (such as odd page).
>
> Good luck!
>
> Walter
>
> Walter Hanig
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