I have a task I'd like to accomplish and haven't figured out a way to do it with Word yet. I maintain multiple versions of the same document in different files. For example, I have one main document that is called "Math". It describes many interesting general things about Math. I want to also have a document called "Math-Bob". Math-Bob will consist of the contents of the Math file, but it will have anecdotes about Bob's view on Math throughout the document. I also want to have a file called Math-Betty, which will have the same general Math contents (no Bob anecdotes) with anecdotes about Betty. I want to be able to:

1) Change the main general Math file and automatically update all of the other versions to incorporate the general changes in the sections of the anecdote files that reference Math in general.



2) Change the Math-Person files to update any new anecdotes about the specific person the file is about.

The reason for doing this is because, without solving this problem, if a general math concept changes (or is edited in some way), I now have to manually make changes in all 20 files. This is an enormous headache. Does anyone have any ideas how (or if) this can be accomplished?

Thanks

Yes. Two methods come to mind. First is to store the parts as AutoText and incorporate them in the other documents using AutoText fields.

The second is probably easier to set up. You bookmark the individual parts in your main document and then use IncludeText fields in the subsidiary documents to bring in the bookmarked text.