StaffordPoetryTemplateThe Stafford Challenge (2025 Cohort)
How to Split a Microsoft Word Document into Individual Documents
You MUST use Heading Styles.PoemTitleIMPORTANT:copy
- Read the previous paragraph twice. When you have done that, you should be ready for the next steps.
- From the Word menu, working in your new copy of the original, select View > Outline.
- From the Show Level: drop down menu, select Level 1 (or whatever you’ve defined as your PoemTitle), then click Show Document.
- Select the headings (as shown below) that you want to save as individual documents. DO NOT SELECT THE TOC HEADINGS. In the Master Document section of the Ribbon, click Create.
- You will see something like this:
- You can double-click the document icon (circled in red) or CTRL+right-click on the file location to open the individual file (now known as a “subdocument”). You can use File Explorer to go to the location (highlighted above in yellow). If you see text instead of a file folder location, toggle the Expand/Collapse Subdocuments button shown on the Ribbon.
NOTE: Microsoft Office stores temporary cached files in a folder called: \AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.MSO
I recommend doing this only on your local hard driveRemember: always work from a backup copy.
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