Thesis in multiple chapter files

[Jeff]

Word 2002 in XP Home.

Hi.

My wife is converting her Ph.D. thesis into a book. The university press
that will publish it wants the disk version to be in separate files for each
chapter, front matter, etc. However they want the printed manuscript to be
sent with the pages numbered consecutively.

Other than noting where each previous chapter page ends and starting the
page numbers for the next chapter to follow that page number, is there a way
to link the files so that this is done automatically (in case of corrections
that later change page numbers)? I was told to avoid Master documents in
Word.

Thanks.

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[Jonathan West]

Word 2002 in XP Home.

Hi.

My wife is converting her Ph.D. thesis into a book. The university press
that will publish it wants the disk version to be in separate files for each
chapter, front matter, etc. However they want the printed manuscript to be
sent with the pages numbered consecutively.

Other than noting where each previous chapter page ends and starting the
page numbers for the next chapter to follow that page number, is there a way
to link the files so that this is done automatically (in case of corrections
that later change page numbers)? I was told to avoid Master documents in
Word.

Yes, avoiding Master documents is a good idea. This article describes why.

Why Master Documents corrupt
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/WhyMasterDocsCorrupt.htm

Your best approach is to create a consolidated TOC & Index using RD fields.
The following article describes how to do that, and includes a macro for
automatically ensuring that the pages are numbered consecutively throughout
the document set.

Creating a Table of Contents Spanning Multiple Documents
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=148

 

[Jeff]

Wonderful. Just what I need. Thanks.

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