"Bill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> As I've been writing a long document, it would be helpful to
> me to be able to save selected blocks of text to a separate
> file. It would also be helpful to be able to print them as
> well, and, in a perfect world, to "hide" them from the main
> document and then save that.
>
> For a better understanding of this, think about writing
> different versions of a paragraph(s). You have to revise
> but don't want to loose the other versions, which
> you'll need to refer back to later. Saving hundreds of
> versions of the whole file is a bit absurd. Being able
> to save only the relevant bits would be much more elegant.
>
> To me this would seem to be a natural extension of the
> paste command, as in "Paste to File". Perhaps there's
> already a way to do this, although Google doesn't yet
> know about it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> b.
Have you looked at Master Documents? In part:
"
Master Documents and Subdocuments
A master document lets you manage large documents, such as a book with
many chapters. The master document can be seen as a container for
individual OpenOffice.org Writer files. The individual files are called
subdocuments.
Characteristics of Master Documents
a.. When you print a master document, the contents of all
subdocuments, indexes, and any text that you entered are printed.
b.. You can create a table of contents and index in the master
document for all of the subdocuments.
c.. Styles that are used in subdocuments, such as new paragraph
styles, are automatically imported into the master document.
d.. When viewing the master document, styles that are already present
in the master document take precedence over styles with the same name
that are imported from subdocuments.
e.. Subdocuments never get changed by changes made to the master
document.
When you add a document to a master document or create a new
subdocument, a link is created in the master document. You cannot edit
the content of a subdocument directly in the master document, but you
can use the Navigator to open any subdocument for edit.
"
HTH,
Twayne`
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