Changing format of cross references
Joel Gilmore
I have a Word document with chapter headings automatically formatted
as "3) Third chapter" for instance.
I'd like to insert references in the text along the lines of, "In
Chapter 3, we look at..." (with Heading 1 format) But when I insert a
Heading number cross reference, it always puts in "In Chapter 3), we
look at..." I want to remove the closing bracket from the cross
reference, but not the actually chapter title/text.
I can of course remove the bracket manually, but it gets replaced when
the field codes are updated.
I've googled to the best of my ability, and can't find anything - does
anyone have any tips?
Many thanks,
Joel
Stefan Blom
cross-references. What you can do is exclude ")" from the number format and
instead type it into your numbered paragraphs. That way, it won't be
included when you cross-reference the paragraph number.
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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
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Joel Gilmore
slightly less elegant, but hey, whatever works!
Cheers,
Joel
On Jan 8, 8:00 pm, "Stefan Blom" <no.s...@please.xyz> wrote:
> As far as I know, you cannot prevent parentheses from appearing in
> cross-references. What you can do is exclude ")" from the number format and
> instead type it into your numbered paragraphs. That way, it won't be
> included when you cross-reference the paragraph number.
>
> --
> Stefan Blom
> Microsoft Word MVP
>
> "Joel Gilmore" <joel.gilm...@gmail.com> wrote in message
Stefan Blom
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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
the cross-reference as just the number, then this could be accomplished
using macropod's technique of adding a numeric picture switch, as described
in http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/CombineXrefs.htm. I think this would
be better than manually adding the parenthesis to the heading, especially if
the paren needs to be followed by a tab character, which would ordinarily be
part of the number format.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
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Joel Gilmore
play around with it!
On Jan 10, 1:39 am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnh...@mvps.org> wrote:
> Alternatively, if Joel is willing to type "Chapter" in the text and insert
> thecross-reference as just the number, then this could be accomplished
> using macropod's technique of adding a numeric picture switch, as described
> inhttp://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/CombineXrefs.htm. I think this would
> be better than manually adding the parenthesis to the heading, especially if
> the paren needs to be followed by a tab character, which would ordinarily be
> part of the number format.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org
>
> "Stefan Blom" <no.s...@please.xyz> wrote in message
>
> news:u528bkkc...@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>
> > I'm glad I could help.
>
> > --
> > Stefan Blom
> > Microsoft Word MVP
>
> > "JoelGilmore" <joel.gilm...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:482ccb36-8eb6-4076...@a29g2000pra.googlegroups.com...
> > Thanks for the quick response, Stefan. Looks like we'll go with that -
> > slightly less elegant, but hey, whatever works!
>
> > Cheers,
> > Joel
>
> > On Jan 8, 8:00 pm, "Stefan Blom" <no.s...@please.xyz> wrote:
> >> As far as I know, you cannot prevent parentheses from appearing in
> >>cross-references. What you can do is exclude ")" from the number format
> >> and
> >> instead type it into your numbered paragraphs. That way, it won't be
> >> included when youcross-reference the paragraph number.
>
> >> --
> >> Stefan Blom
> >> Microsoft Word MVP
>
> >> "JoelGilmore" <joel.gilm...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> >>news:59cce629-fef0-4cbd...@e1g2000pra.googlegroups.com...
>
> >> > Hi all,
>
> >> > I have a Word document with chapter headings automatically formatted
> >> > as "3) Third chapter" for instance.
>
> >> > I'd like to insertreferencesin the text along the lines of, "In
> >> > Chapter 3, we look at..." (with Heading 1 format) But when I insert a
> >> > Heading numbercrossreference, it always puts in "In Chapter 3), we