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Subject:RE: Generate One TOC from multiple Word Docs From:"Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Sat, 22 Oct 2011 00:06:45 -0400
Yes, apparently some Whirlers are pleased with the new master docs. More
power to 'em. I'm just grateful that MS didn't "improve" (or remove!) RD
fields, SEQ fields, and all the other old features that worked fine to
begin with.
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From: Combs, Richard
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 11:03 AM
To: Don White; Dan Goldstein; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: Generate One TOC from multiple Word Docs
I've heard people say that the master document feature finally works,
and that's nice. But it certainly isn't the only way to combine multiple
word files into a single output file and create a single TOC. RD fields,
which a couple of other people have mentioned, have worked just fine for
a long time.
I can't speak for Word 3 (I was wedded to WordPerfect in those days),
but I used Word 6/95 extensively for large documents. Each chapter was
in its own Word file. Another Word file contained the title page,
front-matter (including TOC), and introduction. At the end of that file
was a set of RD fields, each pulling in a chapter file. (If the book had
an index, it came after the RD fields.)
That said, it couldn't hold a candle to the friendly large-doc environs
of FrameMaker. :-)
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