atw: Re: Irregular Word cross reference behaviour
- From: Michael Edward Granat <megranat@xxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 11:23:09 +1100 (EST)
Hi Janet (T) and ta Daryl (Q).
From a simple test that I just did, methinks that all you
have to do to get those Word generated cross references to
work is to nest those codes "in quotation marks".
The test: I just went to my Contents list, selected a
random heading reference (in this case to the heading
"Cautions"), pressed Shift+F9 to reveal the underlying
cross reference code: "_Toc96314518", copied that to the
paste buffer with Ctrl+C, then choofed down to elsewhere in
my document, did a Ctrl+F9 to insert a {} field, typed ref
(space) then pressed Ctrl+V to paste "_Toc96314518" beside
it, typed \h and pressed F9 to update that field.
Lo and behold, it displayed Cautions and, when I clicked on
it, the hyperlink took me straight to the heading in
question. Saves a lot of bookmarking if you can simply
steal from a generated content list!
Perhaps, however, you should update (Ctrl+F9) your content
list first, in case those codes change with each refresh.
Anyway, from this limited play with Word, I recommend
filching the codes for what you want from the generated TOC
(wherever practicable) rather than using the often flaky
Word cross references.
Me? I usually stick to manually creating my own bookmarks
but, after trying this, filching _Toc codes looks like it
could be fun, sneaky and time efficient.
Hope that helped you in some small way, Janet, without
confusing the issue too much.
At least I discovered something that I can use. He-he!
Cheers,
Micky G.
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Quoting Daryl Colquhoun <atw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Hi everyone -- I'm posting this for Janet Taylor who's having a problem
> accessing the list.
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> Can anyone help with this please?
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> I have a Word doc with lots of ordinary cross references to headings.
> (Cross
> reference inserted using Insert >Cross Reference to a Heading)
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> I have bookmarks on all my headings. I highlight all of the heading
> before
> applying the bookmark.
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> I want to link at all times to Word's bookmark on my headings not my own
> bookmarks.
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> For example: link to my bookmark is like this { REF A12345 \h }
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> Word's bookmark link is like this {REF _Ref95902590 \h }
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> Removing my bookmarks is not an option.
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> Can anyone suggest how I can force Word to use _its_ bookmarks and not
> mine?
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> Any advice will be appreciated.
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> Emails direct to this address are deleted unread as an anti-spam
> measure.
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