I have a Weekly Report that is used by management. The report is bulleted with many sections. I have taken the bullet headings and used them to name subdocuments. I am having a huge problem getting the indents and the Fonts to stay the same and I can not seem to keep the master document indents consistent. Please help. In fact when I change the indents and save them and then open them again they go back to this crazy mess and I have to start all over. I have tried using templates but I can't seem to use them effectively either.
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Formatting Subdocuments Please Help
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1. Why is it necessary to use master/subs?
2. Use a template and attach that template to all subs and to the master doc.
3. Make sure the styles used in the templates are updated! (To do this, OPEN the template. Type something and apply Heading 1. Is the style the way you want it? Better make sure!)
4. Are you using numbering? Check out
Hope this helps.
Anne Troy
2. Use a template and attach that template to all subs and to the master doc.
3. Make sure the styles used in the templates are updated! (To do this, OPEN the template. Type something and apply Heading 1. Is the style the way you want it? Better make sure!)
4. Are you using numbering? Check out
Hope this helps.
Anne Troy
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1. I am using master/subs because we have 6 managers who need to update the same report within a 3 day time span and therefore they need to be in it all at once.
2. I tried this. I can't see where it does anything. What exactly is it supposed to do? I don't see that it cascades fonts or indents.
3. Maybe I am not making the template correctly.
4. No, I am not using numbering.
2. I tried this. I can't see where it does anything. What exactly is it supposed to do? I don't see that it cascades fonts or indents.
3. Maybe I am not making the template correctly.
4. No, I am not using numbering.
1. Use IncludeText fields instead. See the help file.
2. If you have styles in your document..and you should, then the indents should be less unruly.
3. Maybe not, shall I have a look? anne@piersontech.com
4. Well, that makes it easier.
Anne Troy
2. If you have styles in your document..and you should, then the indents should be less unruly.
3. Maybe not, shall I have a look? anne@piersontech.com
4. Well, that makes it easier.
Anne Troy
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Okay, I used a style on everything and this solved my formatting problems. However, now I am having a different problem. I have been working on these documents for 3 days and twice I have closed the master and when I reopened the master all of the subdocuments are gone. What have I done? Why does this keep happening? When this happens I have no choice but to start over.
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