Re: Word 2007 cross-references

Subject: Re: Word 2007 cross-references
From: Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>
To: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 14:59:50 -0700

That works, but good grief. A much quicker and easier workaround for
my issue (that the Hyperlink character style has no effect on
cross-references) is to create a redundant character format.

On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Combs, Richard
<richard -dot- combs -at- polycom -dot- com> wrote:
> Robert Lauriston wrote:
>
>> Re the "Add a formatting switch to a field code" discussion of
>> \*Charformat, how do you apply formatting to the first letter of the
>> field name?
>
> You may be the victim of sloppy editing in the help file. The bold
> switch name after the bullet is wrong. The example has it right:
>
> "\* Charformat " -- with a space after the asterisk (note there also
> must be a space after Charformat)
>
>> If the answer is, change Word options to display field codes instead
>> of values, and then format the first letter, that doesn't work for me.
>
> I just inserted an x-ref, toggled field codes, and added the switch to
> arrive at this (except, of course, that the braces are really those
> magic field delimiter braces):
>
> See { REF _Ref242518315 \r \h \* Charformat }.
>
> I made the R in REF blue italic. I then selected the field,
> right-clicked and selected Update Field, and right-clicked again and
> selected Toggle Field Codes. My x-ref appeared in blue italic font. ...
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References:
Word 2007 cross-references: From: Robert Lauriston
Re: RE: Word 2007 cross-references: From: Robert Lauriston
RE: RE: Word 2007 cross-references: From: Jessica Weissman
Re: RE: Word 2007 cross-references: From: Robert Lauriston
Re: Word 2007 cross-references: From: quills
RE: Word 2007 cross-references: From: Dan Goldstein
Re: Word 2007 cross-references: From: quills
RE: Word 2007 cross-references: From: Combs, Richard
Re: Word 2007 cross-references: From: Robert Lauriston
RE: Word 2007 cross-references: From: Combs, Richard

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