Number Style Not Preserved with Subdocuments

[John Abraham]

OS: Win2k Pro
Word: 2002 with SP-2

I created a master document with multiple subdocuments. I
have expanded the subdocuments and applied the appropriate
heading styles with numbering to the text to be numbered.
All looks fine. Save the complete document. Now collapse
the subdocuments and expand them again. The heading
numbering on all subdocuments except the first one has
disappeared.

Is this a known problem? Is there a work around?

Thanks.

 

[Cindy Meister -WordMVP-]

Hi John,

As I understand it, you need to:
- create a template on which all the sub-docs and the master
doc will be based
- create all the styles you will be using in that template,
including Heading/Numbering styles
- create the documents based on the template, using only
these styles
- edit the sub-docs only as individual documents, never as
part of the Master doc.

Note that most people in these groups will tell you to not
use the Master doc feature at all, as it definitely has
quirks and tends to be instable. You'll find articles on the
mvps.org/word website.

If you plan to continue using this feature, rather than
creating a single document or using IncludeText fields, then
you'll need to start over, as described above. You can copy
the text from the existing sub-docs into new sub-docs, but
you'll need to use Edit/Paste Special to paste without the
formatting (as plain text). And be careful to NOT copy the
last paragraph mark or any section breaks from any document.

OS: Win2k Pro
Word: 2002 with SP-2

I created a master document with multiple subdocuments. I
have expanded the subdocuments and applied the appropriate
heading styles with numbering to the text to be numbered.
All looks fine. Save the complete document. Now collapse
the subdocuments and expand them again. The heading
numbering on all subdocuments except the first one has
disappeared.

Is this a known problem? Is there a work around?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep
30 2003)
http://www.mvps.org/word

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