RE: Word 2007 cross-references

["Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>]

Robert Lauriston wrote:
 
> Re the "Add a formatting switch to a field code" discussion of
> \*Charformat, how do you apply formatting to the first letter of the
> field name?

You may be the victim of sloppy editing in the help file. The bold
switch name after the bullet is wrong. The example has it right: 

"\* Charformat " -- with a space after the asterisk (note there also
must be a space after Charformat)  
 
> If the answer is, change Word options to display field codes instead
> of values, and then format the first letter, that doesn't work for me.

I just inserted an x-ref, toggled field codes, and added the switch to
arrive at this (except, of course, that the braces are really those
magic field delimiter braces): 

See { REF _Ref242518315 \r \h \* Charformat }. 

I made the R in REF blue italic. I then selected the field,
right-clicked and selected Update Field, and right-clicked again and
selected Toggle Field Codes. My x-ref appeared in blue italic font. 
 
> The instructions under "Apply text formatting to a field" don't work,
> either.

Works for me. 

Maybe Word just doesn't like you. ;-)


Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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