Keith, I STRONGLY RECOMMEND that you DO NOT compile a book using a master document from files with hidden sections. As I have mentioned before, there is an obscure bug* that causes random x-refs to Figure numbers to be incorrect in some chapters. IT IS MUCH BETTER to either (1) manually remove those sections (copyright and TOC) from the chapter files before using a master doc to combine the files, OR (2) copy and paste the cover page and the body of each chapter into a file containing the book's front matter. In either case, you do not need the MD=1 field. (*This bug was fixed in LibreOffice a few years ago, but AFAIK it has NOT been fixed in AOO.)
If you do choose to compile a book using a master document from files with hidden sections, Francis has described the general method of inserting the MD field. However, a separate (hidden) section for that field is not necessary. I put the field on the Copyright page of the master document. If I don't want the field to be visible, I make the field itself Hidden (in Step 6); it can also be toggled Visible or Hidden on the Edit Fields dialog. Jean On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 4:08 AM F Campos Costero <fjcc.apa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 4:47 PM Keith N. McKenna <keith.mcke...@comcast.net> > wrote: > > > Jean Weber wrote: > > > MD is a user-defined variable, which was inserted into the master > > document > > > for the book. > > > Jean > > > > Jean; > > > > If you could give a a brief rundown on how that variable is inserted > > into the master document it would be a great help in creating the full > > book. > > > > Regards > > Keith > > > > > Keith, > I played with a couple of chapters in a master document and came up with > the following method. > 1. I chose the menu item File -> New -> Master Document > 2. I inserted some dummy text to serve as the front matter of the master > document. > 3. I used the Navigator to insert chapters 3 and 4 as sub documents. Their > individual front matter was visible at this point. > 4. At the end of the front matter of the master document, I wrote the line > "Here is MD:" > 5. WIth the cursor at the end of that line, I chose the menu Insert -> > Fields -> Other and chose the Variables tab. > 6. Under Type, I chose Set Variable, in the Name box I wrote MD, and in > Value I entered 1. I clicked Insert. The front matter within chapters 3 and > 4 is no longer visible. > 7. I selected the whole line "Here is MD: 1" (which displays the value set > for MD) and chose the menu Insert -> Section. On the Sections tab, I set > the name of the new section to Contains_MD, chose that it be hidden, and > clicked Insert. The line "Here is MD: 1"is no longer visible and the front > matter within chapters 3 and 4 remains hidden. > > If you want to see the hidden section containing MD, select the menu Format > -> Sections. Pick Contains_MD from the list on the left and remove the > checkmark from the Hidden option. > There may be a more elegant way to do that, but the method seems to work. > > Francis --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: doc-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: doc-h...@openoffice.apache.org
