Master and subdocuments

bannerdog · #1 01-10-2010, 05:01 PM

I want to create a logical document that consists of multiple .doc and/or .docx files.

I want a .doc or .docx file to be the outline, or master document. I want the master document to contain references to the other documents.

Suppose I wished to create an anthology of short stories (I don’t, but will use this to explain my goal).
Each short story resides in its own .doc or .docx file.

The master document file contains commentary on each story, and links to the story files.

Perhaps the master document (master.doc) looks something like this:
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A Collection of Tales

The Gullible Bugblatter is a whimsical look at people. I first encountered it as a child when I picked up a magazine left in an outhouse.

Blah, blah, blah

<GullibleBug.doc>

My Pet Unicorn is another favorite of mine. Our tomboy heroine comes to realize the evil of treating an intelligent creature as property.

Blah, blah, Blah…

<MyPetUnicorn.docx>
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The texts <GullibleBug.doc> and <MyPetUnicorn.docx> are intended to indicate links to two documents, each of which contains a short story.

When editing master.doc, I do not want to see the content of GullibleBug.doc or MyPetUnicorn.docx. I simply want to see links to them. If I click on a link, then I want the associated document to open for editing.

If I print master.doc, then I want it to print out exactly as if I had replaced each link with the content of the associated file (e.g., opened GullibleBug.doc, selected all, selected Copy, then Pasted over the link to GullibleBug.doc.

This allows me to A) reuse the short story .doc files as I wish, B) view the high level content (master.doc) without having to wade through the content of each short story, C) print as if I had a single document (with the content of the subdocuments inserted at the appropriate locations

How can I achieve this?

Thanks!

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