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Master Documents

About master documents

Article A master document contains links to a set of related subdocuments. Use a master document to organize and maintain a long document by dividing it into...

Add page numbers to a master document or subdocuments

Article Do one of the following: Number pages consecutively for the entire master document On the View menu, click Print Layout . On the Insert menu, click...

Combine or split subdocuments

Article On the View menu, click Outline . If the subdocuments are collapsed, on the Outlining toolbar , click Expand Subdocuments . If the subdocuments...

Convert a subdocument into part of the master document

Article On the View menu, click Outline . If the subdocuments are collapsed, click Expand Subdocuments on the Outlining toolbar . If the subdocument you...

Create a master document and subdocuments

Article To create a master document , you start with an outline and then you create new subdocuments or add existing documents to it. Decide on a location for...

Delete a subdocument from a master document

Article On the View menu, click Outline . If the subdocuments are collapsed, click Expand Subdocuments on the Outlining toolbar . If the subdocuments you...

Expand or collapse subdocuments

Article On the View menu, click Outline . On the Outlining toolbar , click Expand Subdocuments or Collapse Subdocuments .

Insert an existing Word document into a master document

Article Open the master document and click Outline on the View menu. If the subdocuments are collapsed, click Expand Subdocuments on the Outlining toolbar...

Master documents: Lock or unlock a subdocument

Article A subdocument in a master document may be locked when somone else is working on it, or it may be set to open as read-only. On the View menu, click...

Open a subdocument from within a master document

Article On the View menu, click Outline . If the subdocuments are collapsed, click Expand Subdocuments on the Outlining toolbar . If a subdocument is locked...

Print a master document

Article Printing a master document is a fast way to print all the subdocuments without opening them individually. On the View menu, click Outline . If the...

Rearrange subdocuments within a master document

Article On the View menu, click Outline . If the subdocuments are collapsed, click Expand Subdocuments on the Outlining toolbar . If the subdocuments you...

Rename a subdocument

Article On the View menu, click Outline . If the subdocuments are expanded, click Collapse Subdocuments on the Outlining toolbar . Press CTRL and click...

Troubleshoot master documents and subdocuments

Article Revising content I tracked changes in a subdocument, but I don't see revision marks. The subdocument might be collapsed. To view the subdocument, display...