We have a set of specifications that are provided by one of our clients that we use on all their jobs. The header in the documents gets updated with the project information per job (client job number, city, state, our job number.) There are upwards of 200 sections per job and the header is the same for every document. Is there some way to update all the headers without having to manually open and edit all 200+ sections? A paid solution is fine if someone knows of one. A $30 piece of software would pay for itself in about 10 minutes.

Hi
If you mean that there are upwards of 200 "Sections" per document and each section has the same header the as long as the header in each section is linked to the previous one then any changes made in the first Section will automatically update the linked headers.
If you are talking about automatically updating the headers in multiple documents then you could create a master template with the headers contained therein. Then you create a separate Job Template where you link each field in the header to the Master template. Then any changes to the Master Template headers would be automatically replicated in each of the Job Documents.
Hope this helps.
If you need further assistance then let me know.
Good luck.
Tony

Each 'section' is a separate document, meaning there are 200+ separate files that need updating.

i.e.

000000 - Project Manual Cover.doc
000101 - Title.doc
002113 - Instructions to Bidder.doc
etc

I'll look into the master template thing but some help will definitely be appreciated

thanks for the reply!

edit - the other big issue is that the section (file) names can't change and are sorted into sub-folders by Masterformat Spec Sections. This is a client requirement and they are extremely picky about it.

(folder) 00 - Procurement & Contracting
000000 - Project Manual Cover.doc
000101 - Title.doc
002113 - Instructions to Bidder.doc

(folder) 01 - General Requirements
010001 - etc
012106 - etc

(folder) 02 - Existing Conditions
020325 - etc
023165 - etc

and so on.

Hi
See the following link for one solution:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1...d-2003-or-2007

Good luck.
Tony