RE: Simultaneous Author Access to files

Subject: RE: Simultaneous Author Access to files
From: Maggie Secara <MSecara -at- bizbuyer -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 11:07:46 -0700



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From: John Fleming [mailto:johnf -at- ecn -dot- ab -dot- ca]
Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2000 5:14 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Cc: jgarison -at- ide -dot- com
Subject: Re: Simultaneous Author Access to files



As a possible workaround, have you explored Word's Master Document
feature?


The trouble is, the Master Document is a time bomb. I understand some
people have used it without trouble, but that's not the general case. It's
very easy to separate a book into separate files for chapters, then put them
together using RD fields for Table of Contents and Index. Master Document
is a disaster waiting to happen, in which whole sections can disappear,
graphics and all, without a trace. It's EVIL. Don't go there.


Maggie Secara
Technical Writer

BizBuyer.com
(310) 883-6446

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