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Subject:Re: Need help for long Word7 Docs From:Jessica N Lange <jlange -at- OHIOEE -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 13 May 1997 08:52:35 -0400
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I am working with technical manuals of 70-160 pages in Word 7. ... But I need an index and can't figure out how to do it without master document.
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I've used Word for the last 6+ years to create manuals of 300-400 pages (1 file per chapter).
In the TOC and Index files I use a {rd} field code to reference each chapter file. This procedure--begun before Word's Master Document feature was available--has always worked for me with no problems.
BTW, to print chapter numbers in the TOC and index (e.g. 2-x), I use this field code at the start of every chapter file: {seq section \rx} with "x" being the chapter number. Then the TOC is is:
{toc \s "section"} and the Index code is {index \s "section" \h "a"}
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