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Old September 1st, 2005, 11:21 AM
Pieter van der Walt
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I have put together a master document with a number of sub documents and
would like to now have the final document saved as a single file without
having to reference to the seperate sub docs and ensure that numbering, TOC,
references, etc, are intact.

Can anyon please advise?

Thanks
Pieter


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Old September 1st, 2005, 11:50 AM
Jezebel
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print the whole shebang to PDF.


"Pieter van der Walt" wrote in message
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I have put together a master document with a number of sub documents and
would like to now have the final document saved as a single file without
having to reference to the seperate sub docs and ensure that numbering,
TOC, references, etc, are intact.

Can anyon please advise?

Thanks
Pieter



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Old September 1st, 2005, 12:54 PM
Pieter van der Walt
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Default Master document into Final

Hi Jez - but if I want to retain it in Word?

P.


"Jezebel" wrote in message
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print the whole shebang to PDF.


"Pieter van der Walt" wrote in message
...
I have put together a master document with a number of sub documents and
would like to now have the final document saved as a single file without
having to reference to the seperate sub docs and ensure that numbering,
TOC, references, etc, are intact.

Can anyon please advise?

Thanks
Pieter





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Old September 1st, 2005, 01:00 PM
Robert M. Franz (RMF)
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Hello Pieter

Pieter van der Walt wrote:
I have put together a master document with a number of sub documents and
would like to now have the final document saved as a single file without
having to reference to the seperate sub docs and ensure that numbering, TOC,
references, etc, are intact.


Well, the real idea of MasterDocuments was that you didn't have to take
(special) considerations about ensuring numbering, TOC, etc. But apart
from that, see:

http://groups.google.ch/group/micros...e=source&hl=de

Greetinx
Robert
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Old September 1st, 2005, 02:46 PM
Robert M. Franz (RMF)
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Ammendment

Pieter van der Walt wrote:
I have put together a master document with a number of sub documents and
would like to now have the final document saved as a single file without
having to reference to the seperate sub docs and ensure that numbering, TOC,
references, etc, are intact.


Oh, and I forgot:

Why Master Documents corrupt (by John McGhie)
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/Wh...ocsCorrupt.htm
Master Documents (by Steve Hudson)
http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/mag...masterdocs.doc

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Old September 1st, 2005, 04:42 PM
Charles Kenyon
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Sorry, I don't have an answer because I don't use Master Documents. However,
you may need the reason I don't more than you need an answer. "Master
Document" is a term of art in Word referring to a "feature" that not only
doesn't work but also destroys documents. The consensus (with the limited
exception of Steve Hudson) among those offering advice on these newsgroups
is that using the Master Document feature is a good way to destroy your
document. It can destroy parts of your document that you are not even
working on! I think John McGhie said it succinctly when he said that there
are two kinds of Master Documents: Those that are corrupt and those that
will be corrupt soon. See
http://www.addbalance.com/word/masterdocuments.htm for information on the
Master Document feature and workarounds. See
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ocsCorrupt.htm for more
information on what goes wrong, and
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...MasterDocs.htm for ideas on how
to salvage what you can. See
http://www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/ma...masterdocs.doc for
Steve Hudson's instructions if you are willing to follow them very
carefully.

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"Pieter van der Walt" wrote in message
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I have put together a master document with a number of sub documents and
would like to now have the final document saved as a single file without
having to reference to the seperate sub docs and ensure that numbering,
TOC, references, etc, are intact.

Can anyon please advise?

Thanks
Pieter



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Old September 2nd, 2005, 10:14 AM
Jezebel
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Default Master document into Final

Then convert it back by saving as Word document.



"Pieter van der Walt" wrote in message
...
Hi Jez - but if I want to retain it in Word?

P.


"Jezebel" wrote in message
...
print the whole shebang to PDF.


"Pieter van der Walt" wrote in message
...
I have put together a master document with a number of sub documents and
would like to now have the final document saved as a single file without
having to reference to the seperate sub docs and ensure that numbering,
TOC, references, etc, are intact.

Can anyon please advise?

Thanks
Pieter







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Old September 2nd, 2005, 10:36 AM
Robert M. Franz (RMF)
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Default Master document into Final

Hi Jezebel

Jezebel wrote:
Then convert it back by saving as Word document.


MasterDocument -- Print (to PDF) and then convert back to DOC? You
gotta be kidding, right? You'd lose so much structural information
that's simply not present in a PDF ...

Greetinx
Robert
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Old September 2nd, 2005, 05:59 PM
PopS
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Backup everything up, rebuild a Master Document, and then Save As
a standard Word document. To get around in it, use the Outline
View if it's long.

Remember, always back up the last good set of data and edit the
individual files themselves; the Master Document does really have
some bad habits.

HTH,

Pop


"Pieter van der Walt" wrote in message
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:I have put together a master document with a number of sub
documents and
: would like to now have the final document saved as a single
file without
: having to reference to the seperate sub docs and ensure that
numbering, TOC,
: references, etc, are intact.
:
: Can anyon please advise?
:
: Thanks
: Pieter
:
:


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Old September 2nd, 2005, 10:29 PM
Jezebel
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Default Master document into Final

Obviously you've never tried it.



"Robert M. Franz (RMF)" wrote in message
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Hi Jezebel

Jezebel wrote:
Then convert it back by saving as Word document.


MasterDocument -- Print (to PDF) and then convert back to DOC? You gotta
be kidding, right? You'd lose so much structural information that's simply
not present in a PDF ...

Greetinx
Robert
--
/"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS
\ / | MVP
X Against HTML | for
/ \ in e-mail & news | Word



 




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