Importing data for subdocuments

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You can create subdocuments by inserting other files into your master document.

To do this, follow next steps:

   1.   Open or create the master document (how to create a master document, see The Master Document View).

   2.   Choose View -> Outline to see this document in the Outline view.

   3.   Place the insertion point where you want to add the subdocument, and then click Insert Subdocument Insert on the Outlining toolbar.

   4.   In the Insert Subdocument dialog box, choose the document what you want to add and then click Open:

Insert Subdocument in Word 2003

Microsoft Word inserts a next page section break before the subdocument and a continuous section break after it.

Note: After you add a subdocument to a master document, do not move or delete it unless you first remove it from the master document.

How to rename or modify a subdocument, see Modifying subdocuments.

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Creating subdocuments

Creating subdocuments

Every master document consists of a normal document stuff and links to other documents. Those links can be used to pull in the information from the documents to which the master documented is linked.
Modifying subdocuments

Modifying subdocuments

You can modify subdocuments, but with features. This tip contains some of these features. You can modify subdocuments using the same tools that you have used to create a master document and subdocuments. This tip describes how to use those tools to modify subdocuments. How to create a master document, see The Master Document View, and Creating subdocuments for information about creating subdocuments.
The Master Document View

The Master Document View

Word master document enables you to: cross-reference items among several documents; create indexes, tables of contents, and lists that span several documents; easily assign consistent page numbering, headers, and other formatting across multiple documents; etc.
A book is ideally suited to the master document feature. Each chapter can be a subdocument, and the elements common to the entire book can be contained in the master document itself.