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Subject:Re: Word Master Documents From:"Kristine J. Olberg" <kjolberg -at- IX -dot- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 28 Feb 1997 15:27:40 -0600
You'll be sorry if you use the master document feature. Use INDEX and RD
fields to generate the index from entries in individual files. See the Word
online help for the INDEX and RD fields. If you need directions spelled out
a little more than, e-mail me privately and I'll write them for you.
Regards...Kris
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kris -at- olberg -dot- com
kolberg -at- actamed -dot- com
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> From: Laura L Lapierre <lapierre -at- TIAC -dot- NET>
> If I have nine plus files for a manual (~ 200 pages), do I have to use
the
> Master Document option in order to have automatic indexing? Right now I
do
> the index by hand but the client (or at least one person in particular in
> that company) has a hangup with this.
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