Cross refencing in master documents

Hi All,

I'm writing a very long document, and have used different files for different chapter. However, there are numerous occaitons when I need to cross reference figures/tables/headings from other chapters.

Can anyone think of a way in which I can do this short of loading the master document, expanding all the subheadings and adding the reference, which sort of defeats the whole point of the master document in the first place.

Cheers,

Ian
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Ian:
Working with a master and subdocuments in Word is not recommended. From your question it isn't clear to me whether you want are going to assemble all subdocuments into one at the end, or keep them as separate files.
Assuming the latter, you can refer to a subdocument with a hyperlink, including a bookmark so when clicking it arrives at the specified position within the destination document. For ensuring that the reference numbers of tables/fig's etc remain correct while progressing, you might try copying the reference from the subdocument (e.g. the figure caption number) and use Edit/Paste special and select "Paste link". Choose As: "HTML", but also try other options, as you might get undesirable formatting. Now if you update the subdocument and the table/fig numbers update, this will also be reflected in your master document.
HTH -- Henk

Originally Posted by Sudders

Hi All,

I'm writing a very long document, and have used different files for different chapter. However, there are numerous occaitons when I need to cross reference figures/tables/headings from other chapters.

Can anyone think of a way in which I can do this short of loading the master document, expanding all the subheadings and adding the reference, which sort of defeats the whole point of the master document in the first place.

Cheers,

Ian
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