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to master doc or not to master doc?
I will soon be taking 7 large documents (with unknown
formatting) and placing them together into one larger document with standardized formatting. I thought about using the Master Document feature in Word 2002 but now I am hesitant to do this after researching it. Any recommendations on the best way to have one large noncorrupt document? |
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to master doc or not to master doc?
"kathy" wrote in message ... I will soon be taking 7 large documents (with unknown formatting) and placing them together into one larger document with standardized formatting. I thought about using the Master Document feature in Word 2002 but now I am hesitant to do this after researching it. Any recommendations on the best way to have one large noncorrupt document? I would strongly recommend against using master documents. This is why: Why Master Documents corrupt http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/Wh...ocsCorrupt.htm If your main aim is to have a consolidated Table of Contents and consecutive page numbering though all the documents, try this: Creating a Table of Contents Spanning Multiple Documents http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/P...cle.asp?ID=148 If you really want standard formatting, you will have a good deal of work for yourself, but it can be done. Create a template with all styles defined for all the different kinds of formatting you want. These articles will help show you how. Creating a Template - The Basics (Part I) http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...platePart1.htm Creating a Template (Part II) http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...platePart2.htm When you can create new documents based on the template, copy your existing text to them, and then apply the styles you have defined to each paragraph. In addition, to make it easier to apply the new styles to your documents, you might want to create a toolbar with a button for each of the styles you have defined, so that it is a one-click operation to apply a style. This article will show you how. Creating Custom Toolbars for Templates http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/P...cle.asp?ID=262 Once you have got the formatting sorted, whether you consolidate all the documents into a single file is largely a matter of personal preference. I've handled documents of 5000 pages or so in a single file. Such documents need a bit of care, but it is doable. -- Regards Jonathan West - Word MVP www.intelligentdocuments.co.uk Please reply to the newsgroup |
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to master doc or not to master doc?
Good information. Thanks for pointing me to the TOC
information also. I know that the page numbering must start at 1 in each chapter (1-1, 2-1, etc) so I won't be using the macro this time. -----Original Message----- "kathy" wrote in message ... I will soon be taking 7 large documents (with unknown formatting) and placing them together into one larger document with standardized formatting. I thought about using the Master Document feature in Word 2002 but now I am hesitant to do this after researching it. Any recommendations on the best way to have one large noncorrupt document? I would strongly recommend against using master documents. This is why: Why Master Documents corrupt http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/Wh...ocsCorrupt.htm If your main aim is to have a consolidated Table of Contents and consecutive page numbering though all the documents, try this: Creating a Table of Contents Spanning Multiple Documents http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/P...PMArticle.asp? ID=148 If you really want standard formatting, you will have a good deal of work for yourself, but it can be done. Create a template with all styles defined for all the different kinds of formatting you want. These articles will help show you how. Creating a Template - The Basics (Part I) http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...teATemplatePar t1.htm Creating a Template (Part II) http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...teATemplatePar t2.htm When you can create new documents based on the template, copy your existing text to them, and then apply the styles you have defined to each paragraph. In addition, to make it easier to apply the new styles to your documents, you might want to create a toolbar with a button for each of the styles you have defined, so that it is a one-click operation to apply a style. This article will show you how. Creating Custom Toolbars for Templates http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/P...PMArticle.asp? ID=262 Once you have got the formatting sorted, whether you consolidate all the documents into a single file is largely a matter of personal preference. I've handled documents of 5000 pages or so in a single file. Such documents need a bit of care, but it is doable. -- Regards Jonathan West - Word MVP www.intelligentdocuments.co.uk Please reply to the newsgroup . |
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