Writer Guide

Step 5. Insert the subdocuments into the master
document
At last we are ready to add the subdocuments.
Tip
Subdocuments are inserted into a master document before the
item highlighted in the Navigator. If you insert the last
subdocument first, and then insert the other subdocuments
before the last one, they will end up in the correct sequence
without the necessity of moving them up or down in the list.
1) Display the Navigator (click Edit > Navigator, or press F5 , or
click the Navigator icon .
2) On the Navigator, select Text, then long-click on the Insert icon
and click File. (See Figure 362).
Figure 362: Inserting a subdocument into a
master document using the Navigator
A standard File Open dialog box appears. Select the required file
(which you created in Step 3) and click OK. This example uses six
chapters and a preface; we will load Chapter 6 first, as suggested
in the Tip above.
The inserted file is listed in the Navigator before the Text item, as
shown in Figure 363.
Figure 363: Navigator after inserting
one subdocument
3) Because the Text section contains the title page and other
material you have already inserted, highlight it and click the
Move Up icon to move it to the top of the list.
4) Highlight the subdocument you just inserted (Chapter 6), then
long-click on the Insert icon and click File to insert the first
subdocument; in this example, Preface. Chapter 6 remains
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