changing location of subdocument

[Anita]

I have a master doc with 9 subdocs. When collapsed, you
see the path for the hyperlink where the subdoc is
stored. I will be moving the master doc and subdocs for
another user to take over this document. I cannot see
where or how to edit the subdocs' hyperlink to indicate
the new path.

Suggestions?

 

[Anita]

Interesting reading. I must say, though, that I have
never run into the nightmare scenarios described in those
pages. I have always had success in generating the
document, the TOC, the index, the multiple headers,
footers, etc. Maybe its because I always created a
specific template for the master and subsequent subdocs,
used one set of specfic styles, always left the master
blank -- putting all text etc in the subs. All I know is
for the manuals I have written over the years, I have not
regretted using Master docs. When writing manuals which
would easily exceed the 32MB limit of a document size and
chapters which are graphic-heavy, what choice does one
have really?

I will say the Master docs look and features are somewhat
different in Word 2002 than in earlier versions. And that
certainly took some getting used to. And it has certainly
made it more difficult to teach the feature to less
experienced Word users.

Be that as it may, the master and its related subs DO
exist and will continue to exist. So, I am left with the
original question which is editing the hyperlink. If it
can't be edited, then it can't and I will simply have to
recreate the master and establish new links in the
subdocs' new location. But something instinctively tells
me this should not be so. Recreating anything seems
counter to the whole premise of word processing, n'est-ce
pas?

 

[Robert M. Franz (RMF)]

Hi Anita,

Interesting reading. I must say, though, that I have
never run into the nightmare scenarios described in those
pages. I have always had success in generating the
document, the TOC, the index, the multiple headers,
footers, etc. Maybe its because I always created a
specific template for the master and subsequent subdocs,
used one set of specfic styles, always left the master
blank -- putting all text etc in the subs. All I know is
for the manuals I have written over the years, I have not
regretted using Master docs. When writing manuals which
would easily exceed the 32MB limit of a document size and
chapters which are graphic-heavy, what choice does one
have really?

FWIW, Word's 32 MByte limit concerns the text-size only, not including
any (graphical) objects whatsoever. And 32 MByte is a whole LOT of
text!!

I will say the Master docs look and features are somewhat
different in Word 2002 than in earlier versions. And that
certainly took some getting used to. And it has certainly
made it more difficult to teach the feature to less
experienced Word users.

I think there's where most of us in here disagree with you. While MD
"might" be OK for someone with a lot of "Word mileage" and very
structured working habits, I'd never dare teach it to somebody "less
experienced". Even John McGhie pointed out that the MD feature hasn't
changed for better or worse with Version 2002, but that Word itself has
become a bit more stable so more folks might get away with it.

Greetinx
..bob
...Word-MVP

 

[Robert M. Franz (RMF)]

Anita wrote:
[..]

Be that as it may, the master and its related subs DO
exist and will continue to exist. So, I am left with the
original question which is editing the hyperlink. If it
can't be edited, then it can't and I will simply have to
recreate the master and establish new links in the
subdocs' new location. But something instinctively tells
me this should not be so. Recreating anything seems
counter to the whole premise of word processing, n'est-ce
pas?

of course, we all would be happy if the MD feature worked reliably!!
Fact is, documents do go havoc from time to time using Word (and
empirical evidence strongly suggests this happens more often when you
use the MD feature then when you don't ;-)), so sometimes there's not
really a good way around recreating some things anew.

As John points out in his article, he does indeed use the feature from
time to time, but only for creating a HTML-version of a given set of
files. Working with copies of them always, not keeping the MD-file
afterwards for any editing etc. Seems to work for him.

2cents
..bob
...Word-MVP

 

[Anita]

This issue is not to debate the merits of Master documents
or no, but to answer the query can the hyperlink address
be changed? So is your reply "no" or "I don't know"?

And, yes, 32 MB IS a lot of text ... if you've ever worked
for a government agency you know that is our stock-and-
trade!

-----Original Message-----
Anita wrote:
[..]

Be that as it may, the master and its related subs DO
exist and will continue to exist. So, I am left with the
original question which is editing the hyperlink. If it
can't be edited, then it can't and I will simply have to
recreate the master and establish new links in the
subdocs' new location. But something instinctively tells
me this should not be so. Recreating anything seems
counter to the whole premise of word processing, n'est- ce
pas?

of course, we all would be happy if the MD feature worked reliably!!
Fact is, documents do go havoc from time to time using Word (and
empirical evidence strongly suggests this happens more often when you
use the MD feature then when you don't ;-)), so sometimes there's not
really a good way around recreating some things anew.

As John points out in his article, he does indeed use the feature from
time to time, but only for creating a HTML-version of a given set of
files. Working with copies of them always, not keeping the MD-file
afterwards for any editing etc. Seems to work for him.

2cents
..bob
...Word-MVP
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[Robert M. Franz (RMF)]

Hi Anita,

This issue is not to debate the merits of Master documents
or no, but to answer the query can the hyperlink address
be changed? So is your reply "no" or "I don't know"?

AFAICT: no.

Which would bring us back to the "merits of Master documents or no" ...

Greetinx
..bob
...Word-MVP