Special Edition Using Microsoft® Word 2000

Opening a Master Document

After you create, save, and close a master document, you can open it the same way you open any other document. When you first open a master document, however, rather than headings that correspond to the top-level headings of each subdocument, you see hyperlinks (page 434) that show the name and location of each subdocument in your master document (see Figure 16.6).

If you prefer to see formatted headings and text rather than hyperlinks, click Expand Subdocuments. You can then use Outlining toolbar buttons like Show Heading 1 and Show Heading 2 to control how much detail you see in your subdocuments.

Figure 16.6. When ...