Special Edition Using Microsoft® Word 2000

Editing a Subdocument from Within the Master Document

After you've opened the master document, you can either edit individual subdocuments from within the master document, or you can display only the subdocument for editing.

To display an individual subdocument for editing, click on the hyperlink. The subdocument now appears in its own window. Section breaks appear at the end of the document, as discussed earlier. In Word 2000, the original master document remains open even while you're editing a subdocument this way. You can view the original master document at any time by clicking its separate icon in the taskbar (see Figure 16.7).

Figure 16.7. You can switch from a subdocument to a master document by clicking on the master document's icon ...