Reply To: New to InDesign — Book Creation MS Word-InDesign Workflow Question

No you didn't miss a point. Because this is a training manual, for me from the development side, I find it easier to work with one large word document as opposed to 15 separate documents because I find it easier to print, proofread and to make project-wide corrections (E.g. If I call it the “superWidget” in chapter 2, I want to make sure I don't call it “super widget” in chapter 6 and “SuperWidget” in chapter 9.

And yes, I do intend to bring each chapter in separately in ID and use the book feature.

It's just that I'm trying to figure out the best workflow considering that I want to preserve the integrity of my original.

For example, if after I publish the book (in ID), I find a list of 10 corrections I want to keep using ID for the publication end, but I still want to make sure that my word document is current. If I have to edit in both places I will, but I'm trying to see what the pro's out there do so I don't have to waste time trying to reinvent the wheel.