Creating long doc using different boilerplate

[Richard]

I'm trying to create a long document and need to be able
to choose different parenthetical boilerplate based on the
terms of the deal. I tried using Master/Subdocs to do
this but when I print, all the links to the unused
documents print as well. Any ideas? Or is there a more
efficient way to do this?

 

[Chad DeMeyer]

Richard,

Create a template for the document and store it in one of your template
locations (Tools>Options>File Locations>Workgroup Templates or User
Templates). Set up the elements of structure and layout that will be common
to all documents. Then define autotext entries, saved in the template, for
each block of boilerplate text. Each time you start a new document of this
type, create a document from the template using File>New. Insert the
various boilerplate with Insert>Autotext.

Regards,
Chad

 

[JBC]

I use MailMerge alot for this sort of thing. I set up the document as
a mail merge main document, and create a merge field named,
say, DealType. I put the different "boilerplate" chunks into separate
files with short, unique names, say DealA, DealB, DealC. Where I
want to include a different chunk, I enter

{IncludeText "C:\\My Documents\\Folder\\{MergeField DealType}.doc"}.

Then I edit my mail merge data source, and specify the actual file
name, e.g. DealA or DealB, for DealType. When I do the merge,
voila, the right text for that deal type appears.

-JB