atw: Re: Cross-referencing in Word

If it stops my x-refs taking over my entire doc, it is useful! Thanks for
the tip Melanie, I'll try that in my next document.  Andrea

-----Original Message-----
From: Melanie Kendell [mailto:melanie.kendell@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, 12 July 2005 11:43 AM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: Cross-referencing in Word


On 7/12/05, Andrea Tappe < Andrea.Tappe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:Andrea.Tappe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: 


I generally x-ref to headings, not bookmarks - 

 
When you x-ref to a heading, all Word does is put in a hidden bookmark. If
you want to control this you are far better off creating your own bookmarks
and making sure you display the bookmark character on screen so you can
immediately see if they've wandered off. 
 
Another thing I do to try and control bookmark creep is to not bookmark the
beginning of the heading (the end of the bookmark is generally less
temperamental). For example I would have "The [xxx Dialog]", that way I can
add a carriage return before the heading without affecting the bookmark. 

Hope that helps.
 
-Melanie



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