Re: Single sourcing in Word

[Keith Hood <klhra -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

Somebody else already mentioned it: create the common content in separate files.  Then bring them into your backbone document by using "Includetext" fields that point to the separate files. It works perfectly well; I've done this for years. And it has never given me a problem with page numbering.


--- On Thu, 7/24/08, Holly Steele <hsteele1 -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

> From: Holly Steele <hsteele1 -at- gmail -dot- com>
> Subject: Single sourcing in Word
> To: "Laura Praderio Lynn" <lpraderio -at- alpineclimbs -dot- com>
> Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Date: Thursday, July 24, 2008, 1:25 PM
> Hi All
> 
> I would like to find a way to single-source documents in
> Word without using
> master documents.
> 
> Here is my situation:
> 
> The company I am working for has four chapters that are
> shared between many
> different user guides. Understandably, they do not want to
> go to every user
> guide to make changes when one of these common chapters
> needs to be updated.
> 
> The tech writer before me used master documents and I was
> trying to use it
> as well. But one can only slam their heads against the wall
> for so long, so
> I decided to abandon that approach.
> 
> My co-worker and I are trying out a PDF solution, but that
> too is running
> into some difficulties (I will ask some questions about
> that one in another
> email).
> 
> What do you use to single-source documents in Word without
> falling back on
> master documents?
> 
> Any suggestions would be very welcome.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Holly
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