Word's "Master Document" feature

[Gene Kim-Eng]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Combs, Richard" <richard.combs at Polycom.com>
> Oh, back to the original topic for a moment -- It's been years since
> I've done long docs in Word, but I seem to remember that the complex
> secret to using this feature successfully is one simple rule: Don't edit
> any of the subdocuments from within the master document. Always open the
> subdocument on its own to edit and save it. The master document is
> primarily a vehicle for generating the output. 

That's my technique.  The only time I ever open a master is to 
update the links, toc and index, then generate a PDF.  I don't
do any saving within the master except as required by Acrobat.

Gene Kim-Eng