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Can I customize cross-references?
When inserting cross-references, can I customize what text is displayed?
Specifically, I want to NOT display the entire heading (e.g. "Recommendation 1") and only display the actual number (e.g. "1"). So, I want my cross-reference to look like this: Recommendations 1, 2, 3, and 6 support our findings ... where the numbers "1", "2", "3", and "6" are actually cross-references/hyperlinks. The problem occurs because the style automatically inserts the text "Recommendation", so the cross-reference displays "Recommendation 1, Recommendation 2, ... support our findings." I need to keep "Recommendation" as automatic text in the heading, but just don't want it in the cross-reference. Any help is greatly appreciated. |
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On the Insert Cross-Reference dialog, select Numbered Item from the
'Reference type' list and 'Paragraph number' from the 'Insert reference to' list. "Cindy" wrote in message news When inserting cross-references, can I customize what text is displayed? Specifically, I want to NOT display the entire heading (e.g. "Recommendation 1") and only display the actual number (e.g. "1"). So, I want my cross-reference to look like this: Recommendations 1, 2, 3, and 6 support our findings ... where the numbers "1", "2", "3", and "6" are actually cross-references/hyperlinks. The problem occurs because the style automatically inserts the text "Recommendation", so the cross-reference displays "Recommendation 1, Recommendation 2, ... support our findings." I need to keep "Recommendation" as automatic text in the heading, but just don't want it in the cross-reference. Any help is greatly appreciated. |
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Thank you. I was able to manually edit the inserted cross-references by
deleting "Recommendation" from in front of each number, but it still automatically inserted that caption. Is there any way to not have that automatically inserted? "Jezebel" wrote: On the Insert Cross-Reference dialog, select Numbered Item from the 'Reference type' list and 'Paragraph number' from the 'Insert reference to' list. "Cindy" wrote in message news When inserting cross-references, can I customize what text is displayed? Specifically, I want to NOT display the entire heading (e.g. "Recommendation 1") and only display the actual number (e.g. "1"). So, I want my cross-reference to look like this: Recommendations 1, 2, 3, and 6 support our findings ... where the numbers "1", "2", "3", and "6" are actually cross-references/hyperlinks. The problem occurs because the style automatically inserts the text "Recommendation", so the cross-reference displays "Recommendation 1, Recommendation 2, ... support our findings." I need to keep "Recommendation" as automatic text in the heading, but just don't want it in the cross-reference. Any help is greatly appreciated. |
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As you have seen, if "Recommendation" is part of the numbering format,
then it will be inserted when you cross-reference the paragraph number. There is no way to prevent this from happening, I'm afraid. Also, manually deleting the word "Recommendation" from the cross-references won't work. The reason is that cross-references are fields. And fields can be updated (as opposed to typed data) to display the correct (or "current") result. Many fields update when you print or print preview. Note that, in addition, you can manually update all fields of a document by selecting it and then pressing F9. Whenever the cross-reference fields are updated, or when you insert a new cross-reference, the word "Recommendation" will return. What you can do is to keep everything the way it is for now. Later, when the document is complete, you would then convert all cross-references to text, so that they won't update anymore, and then delete the "Recommendation" text from the references. In order to convert cross-references to text, simply select the entire document and press CTRL+SHIFT+F9. You can use Edit Replace to locate the word "Recommendation" and delete it. If you are certain that there is no occurrence of the word "Recommendation" that you want to keep, you can delete all occurrences at once: Simply choose to Select All, with "Recommendation" in the Find what box and nothing in the "Replace with" box in the Find and Replace dialog box. Alternatively, a permanent solution would be the following. Remove the automatic numbering from the Recommendation paragraph style and instead use SEQ fields for numbering. That would involve manually typing the word "Recommendation" and then inserting a SEQ field for each of your existing Recommendation paragraphs. For future insertion, you could create an AutoText entry which includes the desired format. You would then cross-reference the Recommendation number by bookmarking it and creating a reference to the text of the bookmark. Obviously, both of these solutions require some extra work. Maybe you'll decide that it isn't worth the effort. Remark. If you want to learn about SEQ fields, you can read about them in Word Help. If you do decide to use them, of course you can come back to the newsgroup and ask questions about them (if necessary). -- Stefan Blom "Cindy" wrote in message ... Thank you. I was able to manually edit the inserted cross-references by deleting "Recommendation" from in front of each number, but it still automatically inserted that caption. Is there any way to not have that automatically inserted? "Jezebel" wrote: On the Insert Cross-Reference dialog, select Numbered Item from the 'Reference type' list and 'Paragraph number' from the 'Insert reference to' list. "Cindy" wrote in message news When inserting cross-references, can I customize what text is displayed? Specifically, I want to NOT display the entire heading (e.g. "Recommendation 1") and only display the actual number (e.g. "1"). So, I want my cross-reference to look like this: Recommendations 1, 2, 3, and 6 support our findings ... where the numbers "1", "2", "3", and "6" are actually cross-references/hyperlinks. The problem occurs because the style automatically inserts the text "Recommendation", so the cross-reference displays "Recommendation 1, Recommendation 2, ... support our findings." I need to keep "Recommendation" as automatic text in the heading, but just don't want it in the cross-reference. Any help is greatly appreciated. |
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