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Jeisson Hidalgo - 28 Oct 2003 23:51 GMT

I'm working with a large document (also named master
document). It has subdocuments linked using asolute paths.
Example:

D:\Doc\Chapter01.doc
D:\Doc\Chapter02.doc
D:\Doc\Chapter03.doc

Both, master document and subdocuments, are in same
directory.

I need open the master document (and subdocuments) in
others computers that have not D: drive, or, I need move
the documents to another folder. When I do it, Word not
finds the subdocuments.

The problem has a simple solution: save relative paths.
Can Word do it? If answer is yes, How?

Thanks!

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 29 Oct 2003 10:59 GMT

Hi Jeisson,

This is not what you are looking for, but it might save you some later
heartache

See the article "How to recover a Master Document" at:

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/RecoverMasterDocs.htm

See the article "Why Master Documents corrupt" at:

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/WhyMasterDocsCorrupt.htm

Please post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for the
benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded
directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis.

Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP

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- 29 Oct 2003 12:35 GMT

Hi,

Instead of using Word's buggy Master document, you can
create something similar using INCLUDETEXT fields. These
still use absolute paths, but if you select the fields and
press Shift-F9, you can see the paths so that they can be
edited. You could also use the utility I created at:
http://www.wopr.com/cgi-bin/w3t/showthreaded.pl?
Number=261488
(all on one line)
to manage the path updating.

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