Doc Variables in Master Document
Hi BJP
I think it unlikely that anybody here has experimented with Master Documents
in the way you are describing. The reason is that the feature is seriously
bugged, in such a way that document corruption is frequent and sometimes
completely irrecoverable.
Therefore, the only advise that I have ever heard here about Master
Documents is "Don't use them!"
Regards
Jonathan West - Word MVP
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Quote:
>Hi there,
>I have a template project created in Word 97. This template is used to
>create sections of training manuals. Usually, the user puts several
>documents together in a master document. Here's my problem. I use lots of
>document variables throughout the template. I also have several bookmarks.
>The document variables are used whenever the information needs to be
>displayed in header or footer space. The bookmarks were causing lots of
>problems and I found a documented problem/suggestion about using document
>variables instead. Anyway, when inserting subdocuments into a master, Word
>notices the same bookmark name being used and asks if you want to update.
>However, it does not ask anything about duplicate document variables and
>instead just changes the value to that of the master document. For
>instance, a document variable called DocTitle in each subdocument takes on
>the value of DocTitle in the master document. Any suggestions? Thanks in
>advance.
