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Newbie question:

Which tool would be the best for assembling distinct documents from a large of pre-written paragraphs/sentences. I frequently need to write a set of docs with extensive cross-referencing, however, (a) the exported output docs needs to have referenced paras/sentences 'inlined' into the final version, and, (b) 'locking' the exported output docs should lock all the paras used by that doc while leaving the remaining ones editable.

Thanks.




Obsidian has a way of transcluding files, so you would have a bunch of logical paragraphs and transclude them together. Updating the individual paragraphs would update each instance they appear, since tranclusion is at view time.


Nice! Can I also lock edits on some of the views resulting in locking of all transcluded paras/sentences but no others?


When they are transcluded you have to click through to the source file to edit it. I think that accomplished what you mean.




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