Attaching documents together to make one large document

See http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/restart-footnote-or-endnote-numbering-from-1-HP001231635.aspx

What you it sounds like you wanted was to create chapters. if you have a editor that allows building of chapters, they'd retain and indentity..and endnotes, footnotes would not ripple etc. also page numbers would number pp 1-1, 1-2, etc..then pp 2-1, 2-2, etc. Understansd what I'm saying?

MS Word did not have the functionality of becoming a book writing editor to my knowledge...but admittedly it's not something I work with extensively any more or do much of since being Technical (book writer) ending in 2001. there are book editing programs, but MS Word is not one or wasn't one in 2001.

{edit: OK...disregard what I said and read this following linking post from MS. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290953 and
Also try this about endnotes : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/123299 }
or
'How To Create or End Footnotes in a Master document':
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/262005

I think I will be using your citation in the near future. Thanks

Are there any "book editing" programs out there (although I realize you said "disregard"). I read all three of your citations, and believe I will be using the first two

I used to used FrameMaker..around the time it was bought by Adobe. However, this was an expensive program (paid for by company) that controlled a lot of items you needed for writing a technical manual - way overkill for most people's simple book. There are several book editing/publishing programs out there. Just Google them and you'll see a bunch.