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MS Word 2007 Issue: Inserting Cross-References in the Header of a Document
I am making a document in Word 2007 (PC Version) that is pretty long and I would like to include cross-reference links in the header of every page so that it is easy to jump to any of the major headings of the document from any page. Making a cross reference was easy enough to figure out (Insert Cross Reference) and was basically just creating a link that made you jump to different headers in the document when you clicked on it. I made a nice table of contents using cross-references on the first page and it worked great. The problem is when I took this table of contents, shrunk the font, and copy and pasted it into the header so that it would appear on every page, all of the cross-references lose their link like ability-- meaning the list appears in the header, but you can't click on any of the cross-references, they just got reformatted to regular text. However, if you double click on the area of the header MS word goes into a mode where you can edit the header (blue doted lines appear demarcating the header, the font in the rest of the document becomes gray, and a new tab labeled "header and footer tools" opens in the quick access bar toolbar) and while in that mode the cross-references work fine and retain their ability to link to different parts of the document. As soon as I click away from the header and go back to the rest of the document though, they lose the ability again and essentially become regular text. Thus the cross-references in the header only work when one is in that special editing mode, which makes them useless for actually navigating the document efficiently. Does anyone know how I can insert cross-references into a header and have them retain their link ability normally? Thanks -- Rocketlucco |
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MS Word 2007 Issue: Inserting Cross-References in the Header of aDocument
Headers aren't part of the text. As you've discovered, the only way to
reach something in a header is to enter the header (in one of the usual ways). On Aug 10, 2:12*pm, Rocketlucco wrote: I am making a document in Word 2007 (PC Version) that is pretty long and I would like to include cross-reference links in the header of every page so that it is easy to jump to any of the major headings of the document from any page. Making a cross reference was easy enough to figure out (Insert Cross Reference) and was basically just creating a link that made you jump to different headers in the document when you clicked on it. I made a nice table of contents using cross-references on the first page and it worked great. The problem is when I took this table of contents, shrunk the font, and copy and pasted it into the header so that it would appear on every page, all of the cross-references lose their link like ability-- meaning the list appears in the header, but you can't click on any of the cross-references, they just got reformatted to regular text. However, if you double click on the area of the header MS word goes into a mode where you can edit the header (blue doted lines appear demarcating the header, the font in the rest of the document becomes gray, and a new tab labeled "header and footer tools" opens in the quick access bar toolbar) and while in that mode the cross-references work fine and retain their ability to link to different parts of the document. As soon as I click away from the header and go back to the rest of the document though, they lose the ability again and essentially become regular text. Thus the cross-references in the header only work when one is in that special editing mode, which makes them useless for actually navigating the document efficiently. Does anyone know how I can insert cross-references into a header and have them retain their link ability normally? Thanks -- Rocketlucco |
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MS Word 2007 Issue: Inserting Cross-References in the Header o
Rocketlucco: check out the function "Document Map".
This will allow you to see on the side of the document all headings and allows quick navigation of the document. Hope this helps DeanH "Peter T. Daniels" wrote: Headers aren't part of the text. As you've discovered, the only way to reach something in a header is to enter the header (in one of the usual ways). On Aug 10, 2:12 pm, Rocketlucco wrote: I am making a document in Word 2007 (PC Version) that is pretty long and I would like to include cross-reference links in the header of every page so that it is easy to jump to any of the major headings of the document from any page. Making a cross reference was easy enough to figure out (Insert Cross Reference) and was basically just creating a link that made you jump to different headers in the document when you clicked on it. I made a nice table of contents using cross-references on the first page and it worked great. The problem is when I took this table of contents, shrunk the font, and copy and pasted it into the header so that it would appear on every page, all of the cross-references lose their link like ability-- meaning the list appears in the header, but you can't click on any of the cross-references, they just got reformatted to regular text. However, if you double click on the area of the header MS word goes into a mode where you can edit the header (blue doted lines appear demarcating the header, the font in the rest of the document becomes gray, and a new tab labeled "header and footer tools" opens in the quick access bar toolbar) and while in that mode the cross-references work fine and retain their ability to link to different parts of the document. As soon as I click away from the header and go back to the rest of the document though, they lose the ability again and essentially become regular text. Thus the cross-references in the header only work when one is in that special editing mode, which makes them useless for actually navigating the document efficiently. Does anyone know how I can insert cross-references into a header and have them retain their link ability normally? Thanks -- Rocketlucco |
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