"Subdocument '...' will be saved in a different format. Word can save
over the original file, or save to a different file name. Would you like to
save to a new file? [Yes] [Yes to All] [No] [No to All]"

In Word 2000 the dialog default is Yes, which is the sensible default and is
what is desired when automatically saving a master document and its
subdocuments from a macro by turning off alerts via
Application.DisplayAlerts = wdDisplayNone.

However, in Word 2002 the dialog default has inexplicably been changed to
No...:/ This means that if you turn off alerts, all of the subdocuments will
be saved in the original .doc format. I could not find a way to set the
default back to Yes.

Is there any way to control the default of this dialog? Or is there some
other way to specify that you wish to save all subdocuments as HTML -
perhaps some hidden or undocumented property? I do not wish to save each
subdocument separately; I have found numerous other problems with this
scheme, such as bad hyperlinks etc.

Jack Dignan
Design Science, Inc.
jackd AT dessci DOT com

all i have to say about master documents is that you shouldn't use them! as
my uncle willy says: "there are only two kinds of master documents - ones
that are corrupt and ones that are going to be corrupt!"

hope this helps,
uncle bucko