A doc as a collection of many docs (2007)

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Years ago, I seem to remember being able to create a document that was a
collection of other documents - making it easier, for example, to write a
users guide with each chapter in a separate Word doc, then bring them all
together in a master doc that controlled pagination and had the table of
contents. Does anyone know how to do that in Word 2007?

 

[Cindy M.]

Hi =?Utf-8?B?RXhUZXhhbg==?=,

Years ago, I seem to remember being able to create a document that was a
collection of other documents - making it easier, for example, to write a
users guide with each chapter in a separate Word doc, then bring them all
together in a master doc that controlled pagination and had the table of
contents. Does anyone know how to do that in Word 2007?

There are still the same two basic approaches. One is to use Insert/File,
with or without a link. The other is to go into the Outline view and in the
Master Document tab click the "Show document" button to get the tools for
working with master documents.

As the Master Document feature tends to be unstable, the Insert/File
approach is generally considered to be "better".

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I think the OP is probably referring to Office Binder, which I don't think
is any longer usable in Office 2007?

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Words into Type
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[Cindy M.]

Hi Suzanne,

I think the OP is probably referring to Office Binder, which I don't think
is any longer usable in Office 2007?

It works just fine with Office 2007, at least for Word and Excel files (I
didn't test anything else).

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
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http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

But a user would have to have a previous version from which it could be
installed, of course.

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Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Cindy,

If MS Office Binder 2000 is on a machine that has prior versions of Office and the compatability converter pack it can still handle
..doc and .xls but it balks at .docx and .xlsx.

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Hi Suzanne,
It works just fine with Office 2007, at least for Word and Excel files (I
didn't test anything else).

Cindy Meister >>
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[Cindy M.]

Hi Bob,

If MS Office Binder 2000 is on a machine that has prior versions of Office and the

compatability converter pack it can still handle

..doc and .xls but it balks at .docx and .xlsx.

Well, I installed it yesterday, on a spanking new VM - no prior versions. It had
absoltuley no problems creating new documents sections in the default formats nor
with printing them. As a matter of fact, it gives me fewer problems than using it
with Office 2003...

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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