I need to create a master volume that contains a TOC, chapters, page
renumbering, an appendix, etc. The information in the chapters will be
obtained from several Office files. Can someone direct me to a how-to?
You can combine all the documents into one and create a new document. If
you want to keep the documents separate, you have a few options.
Word has a Master Document feature that is ostensibly good for this. Do NOT
use it--very precise and careful work is required to prevent it corrupting
your doc, and generally only experts can handle it.
Another option is using RD fields to build the TOC, etc from multiple files.
This article will get you started, it may or not meet your needs.
Creating a Table of Contents Spanning Multiple Documents
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=148
The third, and probably most straightforward, option is to use IncludeText
fields. If you Insert | File with "link to file" checked, the text of the
file will be inserted as an IncludeText field. You can combine multiple
documents in this way--build the TOC, etc in the combined document.
Inserting the other documents as fields allows you to update the field, so
that if the doc has changed since you combined the documents, you can pull
the most current info.
I don't know of a how-to on IncludeText fields, there's probably a need for
one.
Stay posted, you are likely to get more answers.
