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> To the question: A friend of mine has is in the midst of writing her thesis, had had problems with > the master document feature in Word and is now working on seperate documents. > Problem is, this get really out of hand for her, structure-wise. >
How long is her thesis that she needs to work in separate documents? I
have documents that are over 500 pages and are stuffed full of
cross-references and huge graphics, and they purr like happy kittens.
Large documents in Word aren't the problem that the Framevangelists
would have you believe ;-) Maybe all your friend needs is some
coaching --turn off Fast Saves, use styles diligently, when
cutting-and-pasting,don't paste in the final paragraph return of a
document--to
Mandy
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