To quote from Miscrosoft's Most Valued Profesional web site: "A master document has only two possible states: Corrupt, or just about to be corrupt" http://word.mvps.org/fAQs/General/WhyMasterDocsCorrupt.htm I agree with Jonathan: this feature worked in Word 6 but has never worked since. Regards, Judith -----Original Message----- From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jonathan Moffett Sent: Saturday, 27 June 2009 7:30 AM To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: atw: Re: XML software for Word-like formatting "the master document feature of MS word?" Here be dragons. Even for one person, let alone a group. If you want to try that path the master document feature of OpenOffice.org's Writer, like that of Word 6, does work. And the content is held in an XML-like file. It even costs very little apart from learning its own foibles. Jonathan Moffett -- Jonathan Moffett moff28@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ************************************************** To view the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field (without quotes). To manage your subscription (e.g., set and unset DIGEST and VACATION modes) go to www.freelists.org/list/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ************************************************** No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.92/2202 - Release Date: 06/25/09 17:58:00 _____ I am using the Free version of SPAMfighter <http://www.spamfighter.com/len> . We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 2714 of my spam emails to date. The Professional version does not have this message. ************************************************** To view the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field (without quotes). To manage your subscription (e.g., set and unset DIGEST and VACATION modes) go to www.freelists.org/list/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************