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Subject:Multiple versions of a document From:Jersey <jersey1870 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 23 Mar 2001 14:50:16 -0800 (PST)
I read the recent "long documents in Word" discussion,
and have a related question. Is it possible to
generate several versions of a document using only one
copy each of the source files?
For example, suppose I have a separate file for each
chapter (Chap1.doc, Chap2.doc, Chap3.doc, and
Chap4.doc).
I want to have a DocumentA, which includes Chap1.doc,
Chap3.doc, and Chap4.doc. I also want to have a
DocumentB, which includes Chap1.doc, Chap2.doc, and
Chap3.doc. Can I do this while maintaining only one
copy of each chapter file?
Can Word do something like this?
How about Framemaker? A FM brochure claims,
"Conditional text support enables you to create and
manage multiple variants of a document in a single
source." Can FM really do this?
Thanks,
J. Rippel
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