I am using Word 2007...  I want to create a document composed of multiple 
Word 2007 documents, so that I have one table of contents (toc) and can print 
it as one large document, but can also restrict access to individual files so 
that only certain contributors can edit each document.
  
As a test, I created a single toc for the multiple documents according to 
the instructions found on 
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=148, “Creating a 
Table of Contents Spanning Multiple Documents” and that part works fine 
(i.e., the toc updates properly if I update the individual documents and then 
reopen and update the toc).

At this point, if I tried to print the document, all I got was the toc, so I 
inserted each of the documents into the toc document using Insert > Object > 
Create from File > Link to file.  That seemed to work OK (and print 
reasonably well) until a document exceeded a page in length.  At that point, 
the document is truncated to one page during printing.

Is there a better way to do this? 

There's a big difference between inserting a linked *document file* and 
inserting a linked *object* that happens to be a document file. No object 
can exceed one page in length, but a linked file can.

On the Insert tab, click the down arrow next to the Object button and choose 
Text From File. Select the file in the dialog, then click the down arrow 
next to the Insert button and choose Insert As Link. If you toggle field 
codes with Alt+F9, you'll see that the result is actually an IncludeText 
field, instead of the Link field that you get for an object. This time you 
should see the whole document.

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Jay Freedman
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David Pedersen wrote:
> I am using Word 2007...  I want to create a document composed of
> multiple Word 2007 documents, so that I have one table of contents
> (toc) and can print it as one large document, but can also restrict
> access to individual files so that only certain contributors can edit
> each document.
>
> As a test, I created a single toc for the multiple documents
> according to the instructions found on
> http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=148,
> "Creating a Table of Contents Spanning Multiple Documents" and that
> part works fine (i.e., the toc updates properly if I update the
> individual documents and then reopen and update the toc).
>
> At this point, if I tried to print the document, all I got was the
> toc, so I inserted each of the documents into the toc document using
> Insert > Object > Create from File > Link to file.  That seemed to
> work OK (and print reasonably well) until a document exceeded a page
> in length.  At that point, the document is truncated to one page
> during printing.
>
> Is there a better way to do this?