Re: "Strict" Word template for end-users? (take II)

["Mike Starr" <mike -at- writestarr -dot- com>]

It's a whole lot less effort to use Word's cross references to headings. 
Using bookmarks works just as well but requires two steps. First you have to 
create the bookmark, then you have to insert a cross reference that refers 
to that bookmark. The headings are already there and all you have to do is 
create a cross reference to them. I create bookmarks for text in my document 
that's not a heading and that I want to reuse elsewhere in the document, but 
for the vast majority of my cross references I want the heading text.

Mike
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----- Original Message -----
From: Geoff Hart <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca>
Subject: "Strict" Word template for end-users? (take II)

<<5. Cross references work for heading styles (but the heading styles
only work if they are the built-in styles).>>

Haven't tested this rigorously, but the usual (and easy) solution is
to define bookmarks for each heading you want to link to. That's
analogous to using "anchor" tags in HTML for jumps within a page.
This approach has several advantages over relying on the default
styles, including the fact that you can create bookmarks using a
standardized, logical, easy to remember system that makes it easier
to define the target of a cross-reference. 

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