Creating a master doc in Word?

["Hart, Geoff" <Geoff-H -at- MTL -dot- FERIC -dot- CA>]

Tom Green wonders: <<Does anyone out there know of a good quick checklist or
procedure for creating a Master Document in Word and CAN you create a Master
Doc if you already have chapters created?>>

[] Don't do it.

Short and sweet, huh? Prevailing wisdom is that the Master Doc feature is so
badly broken and unreliable that it's a recipe for disaster. The only person
I've ever heard claim to use it successfully is Steve Hudson (check the
archives), and maybe that's just an Aussie thing. <g>

Check the archives for "ref" or "reference" fields and you'll come up with
lots of information on how to fake this feature safely and effectively on
your own.

--Geoff Hart, geoff-h -at- mtl -dot- feric -dot- ca
(try ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca if you get no response)
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