[dba-Tech] Dynamic embedded references in Word

Hi Arthur,

sorry I did not reply thanks to this,

thanks

I will use that in the future

Hope all is well

Mark




On 25 May 2014 23:01, Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com> wrote:

> Mark.
>
> Your wish is my command. In Word 2007+, on the Links group of the Insert
> tab of the ribbon, choose Cross Reference. That leads to the Cross
> Reference dialog, at the top of which are a pair of combo boxes, for
> Reference type and Insert reference to. On the Reference type combo, select
> Figure. This immediately populates the For which listbox with a list of all
> the figures in the document, with their captions. The Insert "Reference to"
> combo gives a number of choices. In my case, I wanted "Only label and
> number".
>
> Now click the Insert button. Word inserts the label ("Figure") plus the
> figure number.
>
> Now when you Insert a picture at some position before the end of the list
> of figures, both the Figure number and the reference to it are updated.
>
> The process is essentially the same for prior versions of Word. The
> difference is the location of the command. For these versions, the path to
> the command is Insert | Reference | Cross Reference. After that, the dialog
> is the as described above.
>
> Note that the final dialog contains a checkbox indicating whether or not
> you want the reference inserted as a link. The default is Checked, meaning
> that Ctrl+Click will take you to the object referenced. That could be
> really cool if you're referring back to a figure in a previous chapter,
> etc.
>
> Arthur
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mark Breen" <marklbreen at gmail.com>
> > To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <
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> > Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2014 11:10:01 AM
> > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Dynamic embedded references in Word
> >
> > Hi Arthur,
> >
> > when you find out, will you tell us ?
> >
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