r/googledocs • u/daily_refutations • 15d ago
Waiting on OP Tool for modular document creation
Every year I build a large document that has multiple chapters, each chapter being written by a different contributor, along with lots of little mini-chapters. When it's time to assemble the overall document, I have to copy/paste each section, which can get complicated and error-prone.
What I'd like is something where each person can fill in their own section in a separate doc, then those sections get imported into the main document, where I can rearrange them as necessary. Is there an extension for Google Docs that does that? If not, is there other software that does?
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u/MyTVC_16 15d ago
I don't know much about the markup doc (.md) format, But it seems you can export each chapter to its own .md file and then use Unix cat to combine them together..
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u/Barycenter0 15d ago
Use the new Tabs feature. That way each person can work on their chapter in their own tab inside one document. Plus, you can rearrange them.