Thanks Suzanne... that has worked a treat

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Try the \* CHARFORMAT switch instead. It will apply the formatting of the
first character in the field.

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"Ianb" wrote in message
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Hi

Following on from the previous thread (below)... I have some bookmarks in
one format that I am referencing in another format. I have tried the \*
MERGEFORMAT switch and this maintains the crossreference context format on
the first word of the bookmark but all subsequent words are in the
original
bookmark format. Is this a bug? can smeone help me out

Thanks in advance

Ian B
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Add the \* MERGEFORMAT switch to the code of each REF field. This
allows you to format each cross-reference differently from its source.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Darrell" wrote in message
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I have bookmarked text on page 1 and many cross references to it
throughout a
document. When I update the cross reference fields, the text
formatting for
the source text (on page 1) comes with it.

Is there a way to allow the xref's to retain there own formatting
characteristics and not grab them from the source text?

Thanks in advance.