Unlinking Master Document and Subdocuments / Page numbering

[Mark]

I have recently experienced major file corruption with a
master document, and am attempting to unlink the files.
I modified one of the subdocument files and attempted to
insert page numbers, but no page numbers appear. I
cannot view headers and footers either. And, if I
attempt to open the master file and subdocuments
together, Word automatically shuts down. Is there a way
to unlink the subdocuments and to format each file
individually?

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP - DELETE UPPERCASE CHARACT]

It's too late now, but see the article “Why Master Documents corrupt” at:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/WhyMasterDocsCorrupt.htm

and now that you have the problem,

See the article “How to recover a Master Document” at:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/RecoverMasterDocs.htm


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Doug Robbins - Word MVP