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"Master Document" is a term of art in Word referring to a "feature" that not
only doesn't work but also destroys documents. The consensus (with the
limited exception of Steve Hudson) among those offering advice on these
newsgroups is that using the Master Document feature is a sure way to
destroy your document. It can destroy parts of your document that you are
not even working on! I think John McGhie said it succinctly when he said
that there are two kinds of Master Documents: Those that are corrupt and
those that will be corrupt soon. See <URL:
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/WhyMasterDocsCorrupt.htm> for more
information on what goes wrong, and <URL:
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/RecoverMasterDocs.htm> for ideas on
how to salvage what you can.
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Charles Kenyon
See the MVP FAQ: <URL:
http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome!
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MikeK said:
I'm working with a number of master documents, each containing around five
subdocuments. My problem is, whenever I close a master document, the next
time I open it again, the subdocuments are all collapsed, and I have to go
in and expand them before I can see anything. This is especially tiresome
when printing the master documents - instead of being able to just select
all the master documents and send them all to the printer, I have to open
every single master document one-by-one and expand the subdocuments before I
can print them. Is there any way to set up subdocuments so that they stay
expanded at all times, even when I close the master document and open it
again?
