Re: RE: Word 2007 cross-references

[Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>]

Help on field codes: "In Microsoft Office Word 2007, there is little
need to insert fields manually, because built-in commands and content
controls provide most of the capabilities that fields provided for
many versions of Word."

On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 8:04 PM, Jessica Weissman
<Jessica -dot- Weissman -at- hillcrestlabs -dot- com> wrote:
> Right.  They are not in the dialog box.  They are field codes.
>
> Look up Field Codes in the help or in an aftermarket book.
>
> -  Jessica
>
>
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> Subject: Re: RE: Word 2007 cross-references
>
> No, in Word 2007 there are no formatting options in thr Cross-reference
> dialog.
>
> On Oct 3, 2009 8:42 PM, "Jessica Weissman" <
> Jessica -dot- Weissman -at- hillcrestlabs -dot- com> wrote:
>
> Actually, I would hope not.
>
> Sometimes I use cross-references to bookmarks to maintain consistent naming
> for GUI items or product components.  These things are formatted in a
> specific way that I do not want overridden by hyperlink format, even if I
> make the cross-reference a hyperlink.  Sometimes I do want readers to be
> able to hyperlink to the original description of the GUI item or whatever.
>
> As someone else said, there's a switch on the cross-reference field thing to
> govern whether the formatting stays linked to the text being
> cross-referenced or not.
>
> This way, every use case is accommodated.  You can use the switch to let the
> formatting be overridden.  I can use the switch to make sure it is not.
>
> And I'm happy that hyperlinks outside the current document can easily be
> made to look one way, while cross-reference/hyperlinks inside the document
> can be made to look another way.
>
> -  Jessica
>
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> Subject: Re: Word 2007 cross-references
>
> The Word 2007 cross-reference dialog contains only: "Reference type"
> drop-down "Insert reference" t...
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