Re: This old chestnut again

["Edgar D' Souza" <edgar -dot- b -dot- dsouza -at- gmail -dot- com>]

On Nov 15, 2007 4:42 AM, <jopakent -at- comcast -dot- net> wrote:

> I know (in my heart anyway) that the list of gruesome horrors one can
> unleash by using Word's master document "feature" has almost certainly not
> gone away. I'm almost certain that I've seen queries relating to Word 2003,
> not so sure about 2007.
>
> My problem? (sorry for the long setup) I'm trying to find a couple of
> posts that document the nightmarish scenario of relying on master documents
> to do actual work. I know there are 1 or 2 (maybe even 3) people who claim
> that there is a use for these (other than as a means of getting your writers
> to head for the exits), but I'm not looking for the outliers, I'm trying to
> tap into the main-stream, conventional wisdom.
>
> Can anyone point me to an article, white paper, post, etc. that will help
> me avoid this cruel fate?
>

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/WhyMasterDocsCorrupt.htm says:
"A master document has only two possible states: Corrupt, or just about to
be corrupt. And *that* is why we say that the only possible fix to a master
document is "don't use it!" "
Authoritative? Perhaps: http://word.mvps.org/AboutMVPs/index.htm

HTH
Ed.
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