Change Page Break in master document

[david gleeson]

I can't seem to change the type of page breaks in my Master Document -
they're shown as 'new page' within the subdocument but the Master sees some
of them as continuous.

I own Office but I'm not sure it has updated Word when I've run the latest
updater.

Microsoft Word X for Mac Service release 1

Mac OS X 10.2.6

G4 Powerbook

 

[John McGhie [MVP]]

Hi David:

We strongly recommend against using Master Documents.

If you do use them, this is the least of the problems you will get.

Yes, it is a known bug that Word will surround subdocuments with Continuous
Section Breaks. It does this to isolate the formatting of each subdocument.

But during normal editing, things will become very confused. And then the
master document will corrupt and you will lose the lot.

So don't use Master Documents

Below 1,000 pages, you really don't need a master document. A single long
document will be fine. You may want to use linked graphics to improve the
speed of scrolling and editing one you get above 500 pages.

Above that size, there are other techniques you can use: ask if you need
them.

Cheers

I can't seem to change the type of page breaks in my Master Document -
they're shown as 'new page' within the subdocument but the Master sees some
of them as continuous.

I own Office but I'm not sure it has updated Word when I've run the latest
updater.

Microsoft Word X for Mac Service release 1

Mac OS X 10.2.6

G4 Powerbook

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[david gleeson]

Thanks for the response, much appreciated. I don't have more than 500 pages
but would like to be able to play with structure between 20 or so 'chapters'
of subdocuments. Any recommendations?

Many thanks, dg

(please note my direct 'reply to' em address no longer works - I had to
close it after floods of spam purporting to come from microsoft - so I can
only read reply through the forums at the moment).

 

[Dayo Mitchell]

Hi David,

What do you mean by "play with structure" in your document chapters?
Section breaks between chapters will let you do much of what separate files
will, and you may not even need those, if you just want to change
headers/footers, etc.

Dayo

PS. You may find these links interesting:

On styles, headings, templates, etc (all very useful in formatting long
documents):

http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styles/TipsOnStyles.html

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Formatting/UsingOLView.htm

http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/legal/Styles.asp and a supplemented
version of the same article, http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/index.htm

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplatePart1.htm

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Formatting/WorkWithSections.htm

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplatePart2.htm

More info along same lines on Master Documents:

http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/UseBuiltInHeadingStyles.html
Why Master Documents corrupt
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/WhyMasterDocsCorrupt.htm

How to recover a Master Document
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/RecoverMasterDocs.htm