WD2000: Master Document Toolbar Buttons Unavailable in Master Document

ID: Q212230

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you reopen a saved master document, the following buttons on the Master Document portion of the Outlining toolbar are dimmed or unavailable:

Create Subdocument

Remove Subdocument

Insert Subdocument

Merge Subdocument

Split Subdocument

Lock Subdocument (if insertion point is within a subdocument)

CAUSE

This behavior is by design in Microsoft Word.

WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, use the method appropriate for your situation.

Method 1: Expand the Subdocuments

The master document is in collapsed view. To expand the subdocuments in the active master document, click the Expand Subdocuments button on the Master Document portion of the Outlining toolbar.

Method 2: Unlock the Subdocuments

The subdocuments are expanded but locked. Unlock the subdocuments by clicking within the subdocument and pressing the Lock Document button on the Master Document portion of the Outlining toolbar.

MORE INFORMATION

When you reopen an existing master document, you are in collapsed view. In collapsed view, instead of seeing the contents of the subdocuments, you see the file name and path of each subdocument. To work with subdocuments, you must first expand them.

If the subdocuments are also locked, you must unlock them before you can make changes. You cannot edit a locked subdocument in the master document, and when you open a locked subdocument in its own window, it opens as read-only. A locked subdocument is indicated by a small lock figure under the subdocument icon to the left of the subdocument.

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Keywords          : kbualink97 kbdta word97 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: May 13, 1999