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Delete a subdocument from a 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 subdocuments you want to remove are locked, unlock them.

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 remove. (Click Master Document View Button image on the Outlining toolbar if you cannot see the subdocument icon Subdocument icon.)
  2. Press DELETE.

 Note   When you delete a subdocument from a master document (master document: A "container" for a set of separate files (or subdocuments). You can use a master document to set up and manage a multipart document, such as a book with several chapters.), the subdocument file remains in its original location.

 
 

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