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Convert a subdocument into part of the master document

Applies to: Microsoft Office Word 2003

 
  1. On the View menu, click Outline.
  2. If the subdocuments are collapsed, click Expand Subdocuments Button image on the Outlining toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then SHIFT+F10.).
  3. If the subdocument you want to convert is locked, unlock it.

ShowHow?

  1. Click anywhere in the subdocument you want to unlock.
  2. On the Outlining toolbar, click Lock Document Button image.
  1. Click the subdocument icon Subdocument icon for the subdocument you want to convert. (Click Master Document View Button image on the Outlining toolbar if you cannot see the subdocument icon Subdocument icon.)
  2. On the Outlining toolbar, click Remove Subdocument Button image.
 
 

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