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I used to run into this when I was using Word for writing manuals. As I
recall, the trouble is that when you insert new text right before the text
you're referencing, Word considers the new text part of the reference. For
instance, if I was referencing a heading that read "Getting Started" and
later inserted a page break before the G, Word would consider the page break
to be part of the references text.
The solution: go to the end of the previous paragraph, press Enter, and then
insert the new text. Bada bing.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eli Marcus [mailto:EliM -at- tlv -dot- radvision -dot- com]
>
> Anyone out there encountered the following glitch in the
> cross reference
> function in Word 97?
>
> After creating perfectly normal cross references to items in
> the document,
> upon returning to the page with the reference field, I find a
> page break in
> the middle of the reference field.
> Another similar phenomenon is the sudden insertion of the
> whole paragraph
> that the reference points to, for example, in a table cell
> where the cross
> reference was used.
> Any ideas? Tips? Remedy? (this never happens in Frame!!!)
