Writer Guide

Create subdocuments
A subdocument is no different from any other text document. It
becomes a subdocument only when it is linked into a master document
and opened from within the master document. Some settings in the
master document will override the settings in a subdocument, but only
when the document is being viewed, manipulated, or printed through
the master document.
Create a subdocument in the same way as you create any ordinary
document:
1) Open a blank document based on the project template (very
important) by clicking New > Templates and Documents, then
selecting the template.
2) Delete any unwanted text, and set the first page to the page style
you specified for the first page of a chapter.
3) Click File > Save As. Give the document a suitable name and
save it in the folder for this project.
If you already have some of the chapters written, the files are probably
not based on the template you just created for this project. You will
need to change the template attached to the existing files. You can do
this manually, or by using the Template Changer extension to OOo;
both methods are described in Chapter 10 (Working with Templates).
Step 4. Insert some information directly into the
master document
The instructions in steps 4 and 5 are for a book that uses page
numbering requirements that are typical of printed books:
• No page numbers on cover page or copyright page
• Lower-case roman numerals in the front matter, starting with 1
• Arabic numerals in the body of the document, starting with 1
If your book has different requirements, change these instructions to
suit. See “Problem solving” on page 439 for one example.
These instructions are fairly tedious, but once you have the master
document set up, you should not have to change it, and with a bit of
practice setting it up goes quickly.
1) Open the master document and do the following:
• Make sure paragraph marks are showing (you can set them in
Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org Writer > Formatting
Aids, or click the Nonprinting characters icon ).
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