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Subject:Re: Developing 150-page docs in MS Word XP From:"M Page" <mpage -at- csl -dot- co -dot- uk> To:techwr-l Date:Wed, 18 Feb 2004 12:34:35 -0000
As long as you have plenty of memory on your machine, you should be able to
produce your 150 page document as a single file.
Avoid masterdocs!
"Benjamin Keevil" <bkeevil -at- SYMPATICO -dot- CA> wrote in message news:229238 -at- techwr-l -dot- -dot- -dot-
>
> Does anyone have any experience using the Master Document and Sub-Document
> feature in Word XP (2002) Professional with 150-page documents? Does it
> work? Do you need to use Master Docs or would an ordinary single Word doc
> work?
>
> Also, what is the best method to import (embed) Excel spreadsheets into
> Word and keep the Word file small? Assuming that you do not need to link
> or update the Excel data.
>
> The 150-page document includes 100 pages of text and 50 pages of Excel
> spreadsheets that need to be embeded into the Word doc.
>
> From my experience with previous Word versions and after checking the
> techwr-l Archives, Master Docs were unstable and just did not work
> properly.
>
> Regards,
>
> Benjamin in Toronto
>
>
