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> "Guy K. Haas" wrote:
>
> > OK -- we hear testimony that Word (with enough memory) CAN handle a
> > 150-page document. I have been using Framemaker (5.6, if anyone cares)
> > for 500-page documents. Does OpenOffice/StarOffice offer Master Docs?
> > If so, does it work THERE?
> OpenOffice.org and StarOffice also have a master document feature that I like
> better than Word's. Given the file size of Writer documents, you might or
> might
If I can play tag-team with Solveig here, I'd like to add that OpenOffice.org's
master document feature has one significant advantage over MS Word's: you can
actually use it without fear of crashing and file corruption. I'd place it
right beside FrameMaker's book feature for reliability.
Personal testimony: I'm currently using OOo's master document featurefor a
100,000 word and counting document. I haven't had even the ghost of a problem
so far.
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Bruce Byfield bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com 604-421.7177
