Project: Managing a Manual with Master Documents

Master documents are powerful, but to use them successfully, it's not enough to know how they work: You must manage them well. So, in this chapter's project, you'll walk step-by-step through managing a multiple-chapter manual development project using master documents.

Step #1: Set up your master document.

Create a new document that will serve as the framework for your master document. If you have a template that serves as the basis for this document, create your new document based on that template. Then:

  1. If you haven't used a template, create (or copy in via the Organizer) all the styles you want your users to work with. If you have used a template, add any new styles that aren't already part ...

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