Internal linking

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I have 3 manuals describing one software installed on 3 different units.
These manuals have all a general hardware specific section, and then one
section that is common for all 3 manuals. To ease the update for these
manuals, I have made one common "System Configuration.doc" file, and then
included this file as a link in all 3 manuals. By doing this I thought it
should be possible to update the "System Configuration.doc", open the 3 other
Word files, update the link and then have an updated manual.
But the "System Configuration.doc" file include internal links, e.g. aaa is
described in page 3, bbb in page 4, ccc in page 6 etc. When I update the
links within the manual, these links all refer to the same page, e.g. aaa to
page 30, bbb to page 30, ccc to page 30.
Is it impossible for Word to handle such internal linking within a linked
document?

A.E. Tønnesen
 
No. Software documentation is always an impentrable mess. Just look at the
unintelligibility of Word's own documentation -- or your question, for that
matter. So forget about it. No-one gives a stuff about documentation; you're
wating your time and the problem has no solution. No-one reads the bloody
manual; they just post inane questions on Help forums.
 
Should I read your reply as a general anger to stupid questions, or do you
mean to say that my question and problem is inane???
 
a little from column A, a little from column B



A. E. Ege Tønnesen said:
Should I read your reply as a general anger to stupid questions, or do you
mean to say that my question and problem is inane???
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Thank you for an explanatory reply. I then conclude that this forum not is
for professional and advanced Word users. We have to find another way to seek
for solutions and good advice given by excelent MVPs as S. Barnhill and
others.
Pity for us and for Microsoft as well!
 
Unfortunately, this forum, which used to be targeted at more advanced end
users, was the one selected to be labeled General Questions in Microsoft's
Office Communities Web forum. Consequently, it attracts mostly "beginner"
questions (which should probably be posted in
microsoft.public.word.newusers). I am afraid I don't know the answer to your
question, but if you'd like to pose it in a newsgroup that is less
accessible to less sophisticated users (and therefore a bit more targeted to
advanced users), try microsoft.public.word.formatting.longdocs. The easiest
way to access the NG is with an NNTP newsreader, but if you are restricted
to Web access, you can find a complete NG list at
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/list/en-us/default.aspx

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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