Problems when saving a master/subdocument into html

[Roberto]

We created a documentation in word using the master document/subdocument
technique.
It works well, really handy for distributed authoring. We are able to print
it and generate PDF.
However, we would like to publish it in html (~450 pages, 82 MB in PDF!).

Images are from a webserver, and works nice, so they are not included in doc
files.

When I save the master document into HTML it generates all the html files
and links to webserver images are all right.

Problems:
- html saving is slow, more than 15 minutes!!! But it is ok as we are
planning to refresh once a week.
- table of contents links are bad - they point nowhere.
- AND THE BIGGEST PROBLEM: Hierarchical heading auto numbers are starting
from 1 in each subdocument!

For the last two point, the exported HTML fileset is unusable, there is no
way from the TOC to the subdocument files.

In the main document (master) subdocument files are referenced on their
place as a simple link, but it is good for nothing and even looks bad - it is
unnecessary and useless.

Any ideas?

 

[Stefan Blom]

You may want to avoid using master documents, for reasons stated here:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/WhyMasterDocsCorrupt.htm.

It will be a lot easier to keep a single file; and it should work well,
assuming there is enough RAM installed.