Now I have to apologise. I wasn't being serious when I suggested anyone was scared.
I had difficulty working out the Navigator in Writer also - that was with just one document. Andrew Pitonyak's macro document (pdf version) has hyperlinks in the TOC. IIRC, he uses extended pdf to convert the Writer version to pdf. Here is a link: http://www.ooomacros.org/user.php#102785 I believe I saw a recent post mentioning a specific website but don't recall the address. Good luck. Barbara Duprey wrote: > > Didn't realize I was scaring people -- sorry! Anyway, I can't find > anywhere > in the referenced document the info about the kind of Navigator display I > was (sometimes) using, where the full structure of the whole document (all > headings in the master and all subdocuments) is shown. I really have no > idea > how this Navigator style is achieved, but it's what I need to be able to > drag and create hyperlinks in the master from separate subdocs. Sometimes > it's there, sometimes all I can see is a one-liner for each subdoc that > lets > me open it, and I can't find the magic incantation that produces the full > heading structure. > > I'm giving up on the master/subdoc thing altogether and flattening the > structure. I know I can get the document I need that way, and it's a lot > less wear and tear on my nerves! > > Don't get me wrong here, basically I love OOo. The tie-in with PDF is > particularly nice, like being able to create tagged PDFs so that my > hyperlinks work in the viewed document. I do wish there were at least an > option for the TOC to use hyperlinks, I didn't see any way so I'm creating > my own. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "TerryJ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 9:15 PM > Subject: Re: [users] When is a Writer Save NOT a Save? > > >> >> It seems everyone is too scared to reply. I hardly use Writer but I >> created >> a master document and subdocuments using 1.1.14 about 19 months ago >> without >> a problem. >> >> The problems may be new. One thing I can tell you is that there is a >> specific Help document - described as "Ch13 - Working with Master >> Documents" >> on this page: >> http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/index.html >> >> >> Barbara Duprey wrote: >>> >>> I could add a few more chapters to the book I wrote in my earlier >>> message, >>> but at the moment I'm tired of writing (and rewriting, and...). >>> >>> The response to my original question appears to be "... when you appear >>> to >>> be editing a subdocument from within the context of a master document." >>> From >>> the symptoms I've seen, the only way for your edits to survive this >>> process >>> unscathed is for you to avoid doing a Save when the title bar is showing >>> the >>> subdocument without displaying the actual file name (with the .odt >>> extension). Instead, do a Save As that identifies the subdocument file >>> itself. Otherwise, the changes seem to vanish into limbo. After >>> following >>> the other discussions here about not cleaning out temp files while a >>> document is open for editing, I tried searching my whole hard disk for >>> files >>> containing some identifiable text, but had no luck at all. >>> >>> In my opinion, this is a VERYdangerous situation. It certainly caused me >>> a >>> lot of grief and rework, and I'd hate to see this happen to anybody >>> else. >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Barbara Duprey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "Open Office" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 7:11 PM >>> Subject: [users] Fw: When is a Writer Save NOT a Save? >>> >>> >>> Oops - forgot to mention I'm using version 2.0.4 on a WinXP system. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Barbara Duprey >>> To: Open Office >>> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 6:31 PM >>> Subject: When is a Writer Save NOT a Save? >>> >>> >>> OK, I'm officially going crazy now. I constructed a document (master and >>> four subdocs), and everything was going great. I typically left the >>> master >>> open with all the components showing their headings, and editable, >>> saving >>> frequently. Sometimes I'd close it, and come back later (like after >>> software >>> installs). When I opened it again, and allowed the links to update, >>> everything would be fine. >>> >>> When the document was in near-final shape (let's call this point A), I >>> made >>> a bunch of organizational changes (inserting subheads, etc., in some of >>> the >>> subdocs) and reset the TOC. Everything was still fine (point B). Hadn't >>> closed the file. >>> >>> Then I added a new section (several pages) and made a few more minor >>> changes. This time, I thought I'd make use of the versioning capability, >>> so >>> I saved the version (point C), and closed the file. >>> >>> Ever since then, it seems that no matter what I do all I can retrieve is >>> the >>> document at point A, but with the TOC of point B. This is also what I >>> get >>> when I open version C. Not only did I lose a lot of work, but changes I >>> make >>> now have NO EFFECT. Well, copying the whole document into a new document >>> with a different name (saved as odt), adding a subhead, closing, and >>> reopening without the link update, the change is still there, and the >>> heading shows and works in the Navigator. But as soon as I open with >>> link >>> update (which is apparently necessary in a master/subdoc to see the >>> whole >>> structure in Navigator), I'm back to the point A/B hybrid. I tried >>> various >>> saves, from the original and the copy, and various combinations of >>> opening >>> from recent files, closing files, closing Writer, opening from disk. >>> Always >>> get A/B. >>> >>> How did I create this situation? How can I get out of it? >>> >>> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/Fw%3A-When-is-a-Writer-Save-NOT-a-Save--tf3043548.html#a8471906 >> Sent from the openoffice - users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Fw%3A-When-is-a-Writer-Save-NOT-a-Save--tf3043548.html#a8484370 Sent from the openoffice - users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
