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Can relative file references be used instead of absolute (C:\........\filename) such that the "set" can be transported together? Using Word 2000.
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Cindy M -WordMVP-
Hi =?Utf-8?B?Um9ja3k=?=,
Using Word 2000.Steve Hudson found a way to do this. It's not exactly intuitive, and you
can't *see* that the link is relative, but it does work. Let's see if I
can remember the steps...
1. Start in the Master Doc view
2. Click the button to bring in a file as a sub-doc and navigate to the
folder location
3. CLOSE the dialog box without actually inserting the file
4. Go immediately back into the dialog box, select the file and insert it
as a sub-doc.
Even though the link information appears with an absolute path, Word
should remember it as "relative". To test, save and close the documents.
Copy them to a different folder and open the master doc. Can it find the
sub-doc?
Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003)
http://www.word.mvps.org
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(C:\........\filename) such that the "set" can be transported together?
Using Word 2000.Steve Hudson found a way to do this. It's not exactly intuitive, and you
can't *see* that the link is relative, but it does work. Let's see if I
can remember the steps...
1. Start in the Master Doc view
2. Click the button to bring in a file as a sub-doc and navigate to the
folder location
3. CLOSE the dialog box without actually inserting the file
4. Go immediately back into the dialog box, select the file and insert it
as a sub-doc.
Even though the link information appears with an absolute path, Word
should remember it as "relative". To test, save and close the documents.
Copy them to a different folder and open the master doc. Can it find the
sub-doc?
Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003)
http://www.word.mvps.org
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Thanks, Cindy, but after reading the disaster stories using master documents decided that the risk was too large. I have since built a flat document and a living with the difficulties of large document maintenance. Still, may try your suggestion just the same for future reference. (Currently maintaining about 300 pages, 700 footnotes, 40 photos, an index running about 10 pages, you get the idea!) Rocky
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Cindy M -WordMVP-
Hi =?Utf-8?B?Um9ja3k=?=,
with the difficulties of large document maintenance. Still, may try your
suggestion just the same for future reference. (Currently maintaining
about 300 pages, 700 footnotes, 40 photos, an index running about 10 pages,
you get the idea!)Oh, yes And FWIW, as long as the document works OK as a single file, I
agree with your decision.
If someone asks a question about Master Docs, I try to answer it to the
best of my ability. But I'd never *recommend* the feature, except for very
specific tasks.
Cindy Meister
the risk was too large. I have since built a flat document and a living
with the difficulties of large document maintenance. Still, may try your
suggestion just the same for future reference. (Currently maintaining
about 300 pages, 700 footnotes, 40 photos, an index running about 10 pages,
you get the idea!)Oh, yes
And FWIW, as long as the document works OK as a single file, Iagree with your decision.
If someone asks a question about Master Docs, I try to answer it to the
best of my ability. But I'd never *recommend* the feature, except for very
specific tasks.
Cindy Meister