Is there a way to synchronize sections of different Word documents?

Question

I'm working on how my company does documentation (especially programming documentation). I'd like to be able to synchronize sections of different Word documents, such that if a section in one document changes, the change is reflected in the other document, and vice versa. Is there a way to do this with Word, and if not, is there some word processing program that is good at this?

Answer 1

You can always make section 1 in your example above a third word document and then insert it into Document A and B (Insert > Object) and make the object linked to the file, so it will load changes each time you open A or B.

Answer 2

Why not just use the Master and Subdocument features built-in with Word? It's exactly for your kind of situation.