What is my best resource for learning how to create masterdoc/sub

[legge]

I am about to type a very large document with many different categories
(Manual of Operations). I would like each section to start at page 1 and
there will probably be 20 sections with maybe 10 sub-sections in each. I
need more information regarding creating a master document and subdocuments;
do you think this would be my best choice for creating and if so, where could
I obtain the best resources for learning how to create this document. Thanks.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

The best advice is don't.

See the article "Why Master Documents corrupt" at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/WhyMasterDocsCorrupt.htm

and if you do, you will probably need to

See the article "How to recover a Master Document" at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/RecoverMasterDocs.htm




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[legge]

Okay, I'm sure your advice is best!
Now what? What is the best way to create a manual? I need many sections, I
need to create a TOC, I will need to add pages to certain sections over the
course of time, I want each section to start at page 1 so that, in the
future, I can add extra pages without throughing out every page number in the
manual. Please, any suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

There's no reason you can't do that in a single document. I would advise
against paginating by section (see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Numbering/ChapterNumber.htm), but it can certainly
be done.

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

See also:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplatePart2.htm
(which gives instructions for a technical manual, if I remember correctly)

And this page is a collection of links useful to doing long documents,
books, dissertations, etc--things like your manual--in Word:
http://daiya.mvps.org/bookword.htm