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Subject:Re: Word question: headers From:Jo Francis Byrd <jbyrd -at- byrdwrites -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Mon, 24 Jan 2000 15:11:49 -0600
Chose Insert/Field from the menu for the Field dialog. Choose Links and
References in the Categories pane and StyleRef in the Field Names pane. Click
the Options button at the bottom of the dialog (if you just click OK, you'll end
up with an error message in the field. BAD default on the design!). On the Field
Options dialog, select the Styles tab. Select the style (Heading 1, or
whatever), either by double-clicking or clicking once then clicking the Add to
Field button. when the style name appears in the Field codes field at the bottom
of the dialog, click OK. Click OK again on the main dialog, and voila! You
should have your heading.
Good luck!
Jo Byrd
Becca Price wrote:
> I know that there's a field code you can put in a running header and it will
> display the name of whatever the current heading is, based on the level you've
> specified in the field code.
>
> what I can't remember is what it is, and the MS Word help file is being
> singularly unhelpful.
>
> I'm using Word 97 SR2 in Windows NT.
>
> -Becca
