Interlinkiing large documents

[jay]

I’m working with a large document over 10 MB in size using Word 2003 on XP.
The document has multiple references to appendices which are separate files,
one of which is over 231 MB. Somehow I’ve got to interlink the main document
and four appendices so that they flow together.

I know I can combine all files into one gigantic file with bookmarks. But
this would be very cumbersome. I also know that one way of going might be
html with links. I don’t know where to turn.

It also bothers me that the links to the separate files must return to the
same place in the main text. And also there may be 100 references to the
same part of one appendix. How can this be accomplished?

General text in main document with link to one appendix and one specific
text there in. At the end of the reference text link back to the original
point of departure in the main text. But remember there will be multiple
references to the same appendix text. My head is hurting. How would this
problem be best solved?

 

[macropod]

Hi jay,

You could link the documents together via INCLUDETEXT fields, which is what
Word uses if you embed one document in another as a link.

This will result in all documents taking on the same formatting where they
use common style names - which will help the visual 'flow'. It also allows
the easy generation of a common TOC. It also allows editing of both the
source and target documents from within the target document. Your target
document could be your 'main' document, or it could be another document
altogether, created solely for the purpose of linking the others together.

Check out the INCLUDETEXT field entry in Word's help file - it may do
exactly what you need.

Cheers