When you save the master document, Word automatically saves the subdocument under a name based on the heading that introduces the subdocument. Follow these steps to break a document it into subdocuments:
- Open a new document
- In the first paragraph type “Word 2019 Master Document Tutorial” and format it with the
Title
style found in Style Gallery (Home tab > Style group
). - Write
Chapter 1
in next paragraph and format it with theHeading 1
style found in Style Gallery. - Repeat the previous step by writing the
Chapter 2
,Chapter 3
andChapter 4
. - Click
View > Outline
and clickShow Document
from theOutlining
tab. - Select Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, and Chapter 4 headings and click
Create
from theOutlining
tab . - Close the Outline view.
- Click
File > Save As
command to choose an adequate folder to save the master document. Saving master document will also create independent.docx
files to identify each subdocument, naming them with their firstHeading 1
style text (Chapter 1.docx
,Chapter 2.docx
,Chapter 3.docx
, andChapter 4.docx
in same folder).
The content of subdocuments not appears when you close the master document and reopen it:
Click View > Outline
and then click Expand Subdocuments
from the Outlining
tab to show the content of subdocuments: