Re: Hyperlinks, subdocuments, etc?? Not sure which to use..

[Anne Troy]

Master/Subs suck, quite honestly. Sounds to me like you should check into
INCLUDETEXT. :)
http://daiya.mvps.org/includetext.htm
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Anne Troy
www.OfficeArticles.com

"Andy" <An...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C42380D3-BC78-49BE...@microsoft.com...
> Hi, I am not sure which forum area to post this question in but thought
> this
> was a good place to start.
>
> I have a 287 page Word document that I will call Plan.doc. In this 287
> page
> document are multiple pages of interest. These pages of interest need to
> be
> printed and placed in folders, along with some of my companies corporate
> forms and along with some title pages I have typed in Word. What I
> envision
> is a 2nd document I can open up and print. This 2nd document contains the
> title pages and links to the multiple pages of interest in the 287 page
> document and links to the corporate forms so a person can see the actual
> data
> and forms, and not just the links. In other words, a person opening up
> this
> 2nd document will see what needs to be printed and then placed in the
> folders. Currently, I can create the 2nd document and have links to the
> 287
> page document and forms, but all I see in the 2nd document is the
> hyperlinks,
> not the data the hyperlinks represent. I do not know if I need a master
> document/subdocument type of set-up or just hyperlinks and bookmarks or
> whatever. I am not really comfortable with Word but persevere at it until
> I
> get it to work. I have never worked with master & subdocuments. I am
> hoping
> one of you will be able to help me get started on this. Thanks!
>
> Andy

[Charles Kenyon]

Use an IncludeText field, not the "Master Document" "feature." "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/General/WhyMasterDocsCorrupt.htm for more
information on what goes wrong, and
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/RecoverMasterDocs.htm for ideas on how
to salvage what you can. See
http://www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/magazine/technical/masterdocs.doc for
Steve Hudson's instructions if you are willing to follow them very
carefully.

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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!
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[Andy]

Thanks for your ideas. I will look into the IncludeText feature and avoid
master and sub documents.

Thanks again.