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How to replace image while maintaining cross-references, captions?
I have several chapters filled with figures and tables, which are imported as
pictures from other programs into Word 2003. Each image has a caption, added manually in Word and most images are referenced by several cross-references using the appropriate Word feature (so that references to Figure 5 automatically shift to become references to Figure 6 if I insert another Figure earlier in the chapter). My problem is that if I decide I need to change a Figure/Table in my program outside Word (like Excel or Tableau), then when I delete the existing image and re-import the replacement image, I have to recreate the caption and redo all the cross-references (which will now display an error message like "REFERENCED IMAGE NOT FOUND"). This isn't a big deal to fix once or twice but I need to do this all the time and would like to make the process as easy as possible. So, any suggestions on how I can replace a figure while maintaining its current caption and all the cross-references to it? I currently have my images inserted into the document directly. Should I try to have the images dynamically inserted so I could just replace them in their file folder? (I have not tried to do this but if necessary, I could go this route.) |
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How to replace image while maintaining cross-references, captions?
Hi ?B?RGlzdHJhY3RhYmxlZHVkZQ==?=,
Cross-references in Word are maintained by bookmarks. In the case of Figure numbers or captions, the bookmark isn't actually around the picture, but the caption. So deleting the picture (only) and inserting a new one shouldn't affect the cross-reference. I have several chapters filled with figures and tables, which are imported as pictures from other programs into Word 2003. Each image has a caption, added manually in Word and most images are referenced by several cross-references using the appropriate Word feature (so that references to Figure 5 automatically shift to become references to Figure 6 if I insert another Figure earlier in the chapter). My problem is that if I decide I need to change a Figure/Table in my program outside Word (like Excel or Tableau), then when I delete the existing image and re-import the replacement image, I have to recreate the caption and redo all the cross-references (which will now display an error message like "REFERENCED IMAGE NOT FOUND"). This isn't a big deal to fix once or twice but I need to do this all the time and would like to make the process as easy as possible. So, any suggestions on how I can replace a figure while maintaining its current caption and all the cross-references to it? I currently have my images inserted into the document directly. Should I try to have the images dynamically inserted so I could just replace them in their file folder? (I have not tried to do this but if necessary, I could go this route.) Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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