How do I stop styles from subdocuments being copied and renamed i.

[kingfisher]

Whenever I expand the subdocuments in my master document, the styles are
copied and renamed so I get hundreds of styles in my master document. This
slows the system down and is a problem.

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Hmmm. Sadly, there aren't too many people with Master Doc experience here,
because:

Why Master Documents corrupt:
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/WhyMasterDocsCorrupt.htm

How to recover a Master Document:
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/RecoverMasterDocs.htm

Steve Hudson on how to make Master Documents work safely:
http://www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/magazine/technical/wordhomepage.html