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Figure 3.3 Navigator Tool in Writer
Click an item in the Navigator to jump to that item in the document.
Creating a Single Document from Multiple
Documents
If you are working with a very large document, such as a book, you might find it easier
to manage the book with a master document, rather than keeping the book in a single
file. A master document enables you to quickly apply formatting changes to a large
document or to jump to each subdocument for editing.
A master document is a Writer document that serves as a container for individual
Writer files. You can maintain chapters or other subdocuments as individual files col-
lected in the master document. Master documents are also useful if multiple people are
working on a document. You can separate each person's portion of the document into
subdocuments collected in a master document, allowing multiple writers to work on
their subdocuments at the same time without fear of overwriting other people's work.
NOTE
If you are coming to OpenOffice.org from Microsoft Word, you might be ner-
vous about using master documents because the master document feature in
Word has a reputation for corrupting documents. This problem does not exist
in OpenOffice.org Writer, so you can safely use master documents to manage
your projects.
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