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Section break behavior in master documents
I created subdocuments from an existing document by using the Heading 1
style and the Create Subdocuments icon on the Outlining toolbar. Word dutifully split the existing document into subdocuments and inserted a continuous page break between each new subdocument. So far, so good. However, when I use the Insert Subdocument icon to add a series of subsequently-created documents to the end of the master, the new subdocument comes in with a new page section break at the end. So far, I have been manually changing these to continuous page section breaks for consistency with the master document as originally created. Is there any less tedious way of accomplishing this? (I have read the cautionaries in this newsgroup against use of master documents.) -- Jeff Frankel Windsor, Maine USA "Where the woodpecker pecks and the porcupine plays" |
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Section break behavior in master documents
There's no such thing as a "continuous page break", by the way. If you are
using Master Documents, but you *don't* want a new page break between each document, I personally suspect that means there is something wrong with your approach. The Master Document feature is designed to assemble things that ordinarily would be done in separate files--e.g., a book whose chapters have separate authors. That you want a continuous break between them makes me wonder if MDs are the right approach for you, regardless of their stability or lack thereof. Perhaps IncludeText fields? Anyhow, Word Heretic might come along and help you out, and you should certainly see his repository of advice, but most of the people posting here donąt know much about master documents, because: Why Master Documents corrupt: http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ocsCorrupt.htm How to recover a Master Document: http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...MasterDocs.htm Steve Hudson [Word Heretic] on how to make Master Documents work safely: http://www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/ma...dhomepage.html You might also check these links for potential workarounds: Creating a Table of Contents Spanning Multiple Documents http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/P...cle.asp?ID=148 See the łNumber Pages Across Files˛ section at this link: http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindy...r/MiscFram.htm IncludeText Fields can partially substitute for the Master Document feature‹for an introduction to them, see he http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFm...textfields.htm Word experts generally advise combining long documents into one file, if possible, when it gets to the Table of Contents/cross-referencing point, and you will find more information on controlling those big files he http://daiya.mvps.org/bookword.htm On 9/12/05 3:28 AM, "Jeffrey Frankel" wrote: I created subdocuments from an existing document by using the Heading 1 style and the Create Subdocuments icon on the Outlining toolbar. Word dutifully split the existing document into subdocuments and inserted a continuous page break between each new subdocument. So far, so good. However, when I use the Insert Subdocument icon to add a series of subsequently-created documents to the end of the master, the new subdocument comes in with a new page section break at the end. So far, I have been manually changing these to continuous page section breaks for consistency with the master document as originally created. Is there any less tedious way of accomplishing this? (I have read the cautionaries in this newsgroup against use of master documents.) -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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Section break behavior in master documents
Oops - I meant to say Section Break - Continuous and Section Break - New
Page. Thanks for your suggestions and list of resources. -- Jeff Frankel Windsor, Maine USA "Where the woodpecker pecks and the porcupine plays" On 9/12/05 1:10 PM, in article , "Daiya Mitchell" wrote: There's no such thing as a "continuous page break", by the way. If you are using Master Documents, but you *don't* want a new page break between each document, I personally suspect that means there is something wrong with your approach. The Master Document feature is designed to assemble things that ordinarily would be done in separate files--e.g., a book whose chapters have separate authors. That you want a continuous break between them makes me wonder if MDs are the right approach for you, regardless of their stability or lack thereof. Perhaps IncludeText fields? Anyhow, Word Heretic might come along and help you out, and you should certainly see his repository of advice, but most of the people posting here donąt know much about master documents, because: Why Master Documents corrupt: http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ocsCorrupt.htm How to recover a Master Document: http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...MasterDocs.htm Steve Hudson [Word Heretic] on how to make Master Documents work safely: http://www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/ma...dhomepage.html You might also check these links for potential workarounds: Creating a Table of Contents Spanning Multiple Documents http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/P...cle.asp?ID=148 See the łNumber Pages Across Files˛ section at this link: http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindy...r/MiscFram.htm IncludeText Fields can partially substitute for the Master Document feature‹for an introduction to them, see he http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFm...textfields.htm Word experts generally advise combining long documents into one file, if possible, when it gets to the Table of Contents/cross-referencing point, and you will find more information on controlling those big files he http://daiya.mvps.org/bookword.htm On 9/12/05 3:28 AM, "Jeffrey Frankel" wrote: I created subdocuments from an existing document by using the Heading 1 style and the Create Subdocuments icon on the Outlining toolbar. Word dutifully split the existing document into subdocuments and inserted a continuous page break between each new subdocument. So far, so good. However, when I use the Insert Subdocument icon to add a series of subsequently-created documents to the end of the master, the new subdocument comes in with a new page section break at the end. So far, I have been manually changing these to continuous page section breaks for consistency with the master document as originally created. Is there any less tedious way of accomplishing this? (I have read the cautionaries in this newsgroup against use of master documents.) |
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