Combining documents within a master document

[Barb Reinhardt]

I have a document that appears to be a master of some type and it references
other documents when it prints. When I select the hyperlink for the
documents, it doesn't seem to work. The hyperlinks are in the form:



\\BLAH\BLAH1\BLAH2\BLAH3\BLAH4\BLAH5\DOC1.doc - #1



the file is in the following location:



(Drive Designation):\BLAH3\BLAH4\BLAH5\DOC1.doc - #2



I get the impression that \\BLAH\BLAH1\BLAH2 somehow identifies the drive
designation, but am unsure of this.



Can someone shed some light as to why I can't open the document when I click
the hyperlink for #1? In addition, can someone tell me how a document can
be created that merges multiple documents into one.



Thanks in advance,

Barb Reinhardt

 

[Jezebel]

That form of reference is for a file on a network -- the initial \\BLAH is
the name of a server location. If you're not part of that network, you don't
have access to the file.

 

[Guest]

In general MVPs say master documents in Word are not really a good idea,
although Steve Hudson aka "the Word Heretic " disagrees.
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/WhyMasterDocsCorrupt.htm

 

[Guest]

Jezebel,

I can edit these documents, I just can't open them by clicking on the
hyperlink in what I'm calling the master document. Do I need a different
type of access to do this?

Genine,

This document is one that was previously created. I've heard about PROS
and CONS of master documents. Is there some place I can read more about them?

Thanks to both of you.

Barb Reinhardt