Broken links and references

[Jonathan West]

Hi William,

By any chance, is this a large document being pulled together using the
Master document feature?

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william boyce wrote in message <38ADB0A1...@boeing.com>...
>I have a Word 97 (SR-2) document that contains imbedded captions and
>cross-references. ALMOST EVERY TIME I TURN AROUND THE LINKS ARE BROKEN!
I'm
>spending almost half of my time trying to find and repair these broken
links.
>How can I edit a document and NOT get broken links (like "Table xx" in the
text
>referring to actual Table xx, and references to paragraph numbers from a
page or
>so away)?
>
>I'm really tired of "Error! Reference source not found." Frequently these
>broken links will NOT involve text that I've manipulated!
>
>BTW, I am using Word97 SR-2 that is "metered" from a central server. Does
that
>influence the answer any?
>
>I thank you for any reply.
>

[John McGhie [MVP - Word]]

William:

Captions and cross-references should be fine provided that they are within
the same document, even if the document *is* on a network, PROVIDED that
they are not in a Master Document.

Absolutely everything in a master document will break: and ultimately you
will lose your text. Copy all your text into a single document now, while
you still can.

Hope this helps.

In microsoft.public.word.numbering on Fri, 18 Feb 2000 20:50:42 GMT, william
boyce <william...@boeing.com> wrote:

> I have a Word 97 (SR-2) document that contains imbedded captions and
> cross-references. ALMOST EVERY TIME I TURN AROUND THE LINKS ARE BROKEN! I'm
> spending almost half of my time trying to find and repair these broken links.
> How can I edit a document and NOT get broken links (like "Table xx" in the text
> referring to actual Table xx, and references to paragraph numbers from a page or
> so away)?
>
> I'm really tired of "Error! Reference source not found." Frequently these
> broken links will NOT involve text that I've manipulated!
>
> BTW, I am using Word97 SR-2 that is "metered" from a central server. Does that
> influence the answer any?
>
> I thank you for any reply.

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John McGhie <jo...@mcghie-information.com.au>
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