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Subject:Re: Need help for long Word7 Docs From:Mike Starr <writstar -at- WI -dot- NET> Date:Tue, 13 May 1997 23:25:00 -0500
I recommend that you immediately flee master documents; they're toxic.
Having said that, the easiest approach is to just do it in a single
document. Don't be concerned. I've successfully created manuals in excess
of 600 pages in a single document. Use section breaks to separate your
chapters.
Mike
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> From: therme -at- nvbell -dot- net
> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.techwr-l
> Subject: Need help for long Word7 Docs
> Date: Monday, May 12, 1997 11:00 PM
>
> I am working with technical manuals of 70-160 pages in Word 7. Usually I
have several
> chapters, each a separate file. My problem is with master document. I
know that it is
> very buggy, but I'm still looking for work-arounds for it, especially
since we need to
> include indexes. I can put up with a table of contents that gives me
"missing bookmark"
> errors. But I need an index and can't figure out how to do it without
master document.
>
> I can't abandon Word 7 since I'll be using Robo-Help 4.0 soon to build
online help and
> html content. I hear that Framemaker will solve many of these problems
with Word 7, but
> I still have to write the manual in Word in order to convert to online
help in
> Robo-Help.
>
> Thank you for any help.
> --
>
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