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Master Document Table of Contents
I have created a Master Document with links to a number of
subdocuments. The Table of Contents contains all the H1 headings from that are in the Master Document but none of the heading levels (H2, H3 and H4) from any of the subdocuments. What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance. |
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Master Document Table of Contents
"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 sure 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 URL: http://www.addbalance.com/word/masterdocuments.htm for information on the Master Document feature and workarounds. (This page also has a link to Steve Hudson's chapter on how he gets Master Documents to work.) See URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/WhyMasterDocsCorrupt.htm for more information on what goes wrong, and URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/RecoverMasterDocs.htm for ideas on how to salvage what you can. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Brian C" wrote in message ... I have created a Master Document with links to a number of subdocuments. The Table of Contents contains all the H1 headings from that are in the Master Document but none of the heading levels (H2, H3 and H4) from any of the subdocuments. What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance. |
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Master Document Table of Contents
In addition to the information from Charles, you may be interested in the
following article which describes a way of creating a consolidated Table of Contents for multi-file documents, nt using Master Documents. Creating a Table of Contents Spanning Multiple Documents http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/P...cle.asp?ID=148 -- Regards Jonathan West - Word MVP http://www.multilinker.com Please reply to the newsgroup "Brian C" wrote in message ... I have created a Master Document with links to a number of subdocuments. The Table of Contents contains all the H1 headings from that are in the Master Document but none of the heading levels (H2, H3 and H4) from any of the subdocuments. What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance. |
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