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Subject:Re: RE: MS Word - Version number variable From:Susan W. Gallagher <sgallagher5 -at- cox -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 25 Feb 2005 18:58:07 -0500
Why not just create a new doc property variable? (File > Properties - Custom tab) and replace the currently hard coded version numbers with doc property fields. When the version changes, you go into doc properties and change the value of the variable.
>
> What I was thinking of is initially defining the style with a variable
> that is the current version number - say 11.0 - and that when it comes
> time to change the version number to 11.1, I would just change the
> variable which would be part of the style definition to 11.1, and all text
> using this character style would be updated. I would only use the
> character style on text where the version number is mentioned. I hope I've
> clarified the problem. Maybe there is an easier way or different way to
> think about this.
>
> Of course I'd initially have to find and apply the new style to all
> instances of the current version number, but once applied the version
> number would be changed by changing the style or variable definition.
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