Rearranging a Master Document

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One of the greatest perks of working in a master document is the ease with which you can rearrange subdocuments. Start by opening your master document and reviewing the order of the subdocuments you've got listed. Here are the steps:

Open the master document.

  1. Choose View, Outline (or click the Outline View button to the left of the horizontal scroll bar). The master document appears in Outline view.
  2. Click Expand Subdocuments on the Outlining toolbar. The master document expands to show headings and text of the subdocuments.
  3. Drag the subdocument icon of the item you want to move to the new location. A heavy indicator line moves with the pointer, showing you the placement of the subdocument. (See Figure 25-10.)

    figure 25-10. when you rearrange subdocuments, the indicator line shows you where the subdocument will be placed when you release the mouse button.

    Figure 25-10. When you rearrange subdocuments, the indicator line shows you where the subdocument will be placed when you release the mouse button.

  4. When the indicator line is positioned where you want to insert the subdocument, release the mouse button. The subdocument is then moved to that position.

Tip - Don't accidentally bury your subdocument


Be sure to place the indicator line outside another subdocument boundary before you release the mouse button. Otherwise, Word will create a "nested" subdocument, placing the subdocument you just moved inside another subdocument. If this was not your intention, drag the subdocument icon to a new location outside an existing subdocument area.

Tip - Work with multiple subdocuments


You can select multiple subdocuments by pressing and holding Shift while clicking the subdocument icons. If you want to select noncontiguous subdocuments, press and hold Ctrl while selecting the subdocuments you want to move.



Microsoft Word Version 2002 Inside Out
Microsoft Word Version 2002 Inside Out (Inside Out (Microsoft))
ISBN: 0735612781
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 337

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