Office 2013 In Depth

Creating a Master Document

An extremely useful feature when you are collaborating with multiple authors who are responsible for specific parts of a larger document (such as chapters) is the Master Document feature. The Master Document feature enables you to insert links to other documents. These links can be chapters or other document parts being written by other users. In essence, the Master Document feature has one great and noble purpose: It enables you to create a master document outline of the entire document, even while the various parts of the document are still being created. When the various authors complete the linked subdocuments that make up the master document, your master document is also complete. It can then be printed and distributed, ...