How do I create a Calling document

[Guest]

I have been tasked with cretaing a master document that has the ability to
call other documents into it to create a document.
This document needs to be able to effectively say to the user: these are the
chapters available to you - which ones do you want included.

Any help please?
It may be that there is already some software out there that does the job if
anyone knows what it is??

 

[Lorrie White]

Have you thought about using VBA to accomplish this task. Create the
optional chapters as autotext entries and then allow them to select them
using a VBA form.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Do _not_ use Word's Master Document feature for this.
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[Daiya Mitchell]

AutoText is one way.

Another way would be IncludeText fields (start by looking them up in Help).

AutoText would be static--you enter the autotext, the text stays like that
forever.

IncludeText will update--you use includetext to call the text, you change
the subsidiary document, that change will be reflected in the master
document when you Update Fields.

Experiment with creating the doc yourself, then decide the best way to
automate it for other users.

As Charles said, do not use the thing that MS calls a Master Document
feature, and do not let my use of the term confused you.