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Word 2002 - problem wih linked items in INCLUDETEXT
Hi,
A problem has developed in with my Word links that I hope someone can help me with. I have a large set of documentation in Word format. There are a few chapters that are included in more than one document. What I have done is create these chapters as separate documents, and included them in the required documents using { INCLUDTEXT "Chapter2.doc" } So far so good. Within the linked chapter (Chapter2.doc in the example above), there are cross reference links to bookmarks WITHIN the same document - i.e., Chapter2.doc has cross references to bookmarks within Chapter2.doc Until now this has worked with no problems - Chapter2 starts on page 15 in one document, and the bookmark is on page 25; in another document Chapter2 starts on page 20 and the bookmark is on page30. Today, when I opened the same document, all cross references within Chpater2 are listed on the wrong page number - if Chapter 2 runs from pages 15-40, all cross references within Chapter2 point to page 40. I tried updating fields and reinserting the linked document - no luck Does anyone know how this error suddenly appeared, and how I can get rid of it? Michael |
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Hi Michael,
Are you certain the cross-references still exist as REF fields, and that the bookmarks are still present? Are you certain the fields are not locked (Ctrl+F11 locks; Ctrl+Shift+F11 unlocks)? (Open the original document to check this). If that's the case, are you sure the IncludeText field in the target document has not been converted to plain text, or locked? Which version of Word are we dealing with? A problem has developed in with my Word links that I hope someone can help me with. I have a large set of documentation in Word format. There are a few chapters that are included in more than one document. What I have done is create these chapters as separate documents, and included them in the required documents using { INCLUDTEXT "Chapter2.doc" } So far so good. Within the linked chapter (Chapter2.doc in the example above), there are cross reference links to bookmarks WITHIN the same document - i.e., Chapter2.doc has cross references to bookmarks within Chapter2.doc Until now this has worked with no problems - Chapter2 starts on page 15 in one document, and the bookmark is on page 25; in another document Chapter2 starts on page 20 and the bookmark is on page30. Today, when I opened the same document, all cross references within Chpater2 are listed on the wrong page number - if Chapter 2 runs from pages 15-40, all cross references within Chapter2 point to page 40. I tried updating fields and reinserting the linked document - no luck Does anyone know how this error suddenly appeared, and how I can get rid of it? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) 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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Cindy, (or any other smart helpful people on this list...)
Thanks for your suggestions. I'm using Word 2002, SP3 on Windows XP Home Edition. I double-checked that the bookmarks are present and unlocked in the child document, but the links still aren't displaying correctly in the parent document. For example, in the child document there is a cross reference {PAGEREF BOOKMARK1 \p} In the child document, this is displayed as "on page 30" In the Parent document, it is displayed as "Below" If I remove the \p qualifier, the parent document lists the last page number that the Included text runs to (i.e., The INCLUDETEXT runs from page 140-200, the link now points to page 200, even though the bookmark is on page 170) I'm wondering if this is related to FieldCalcSecurityLevel registry entry as outlined on MS Knowledge base on http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=330079 I tried entering and modifying this registry entry, but so far it didn't seem to make any difference at all. I have a deadline looming and this problem has put me behind in my work by several days, any ideas or suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated. TIA, Michael "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote in message news:VA.0000ad02.009b5457@speedy... Hi Michael, Are you certain the cross-references still exist as REF fields, and that the bookmarks are still present? Are you certain the fields are not locked (Ctrl+F11 locks; Ctrl+Shift+F11 unlocks)? (Open the original document to check this). If that's the case, are you sure the IncludeText field in the target document has not been converted to plain text, or locked? Which version of Word are we dealing with? A problem has developed in with my Word links that I hope someone can help me with. I have a large set of documentation in Word format. There are a few chapters that are included in more than one document. What I have done is create these chapters as separate documents, and included them in the required documents using { INCLUDTEXT "Chapter2.doc" } So far so good. Within the linked chapter (Chapter2.doc in the example above), there are cross reference links to bookmarks WITHIN the same document - i.e., Chapter2.doc has cross references to bookmarks within Chapter2.doc Until now this has worked with no problems - Chapter2 starts on page 15 in one document, and the bookmark is on page 25; in another document Chapter2 starts on page 20 and the bookmark is on page30. Today, when I opened the same document, all cross references within Chpater2 are listed on the wrong page number - if Chapter 2 runs from pages 15-40, all cross references within Chapter2 point to page 40. I tried updating fields and reinserting the linked document - no luck Does anyone know how this error suddenly appeared, and how I can get rid of it? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) 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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Hi Michael,
OK, open a "child" document in its own window, make sure the references are displaying correctly. Now open the "parent" document, display the field codes (without trying to update the fields, first), go to the IncludeText for that document and add the \! switch at the end of the field code. Update the field and see if anything changes? I'm using Word 2002, SP3 on Windows XP Home Edition. I double-checked that the bookmarks are present and unlocked in the child document, but the links still aren't displaying correctly in the parent document. For example, in the child document there is a cross reference {PAGEREF BOOKMARK1 \p} In the child document, this is displayed as "on page 30" In the Parent document, it is displayed as "Below" If I remove the \p qualifier, the parent document lists the last page number that the Included text runs to (i.e., The INCLUDETEXT runs from page 140-200, the link now points to page 200, even though the bookmark is on page 170) I'm wondering if this is related to FieldCalcSecurityLevel registry entry as outlined on MS Knowledge base on http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=330079 I tried entering and modifying this registry entry, but so far it didn't seem to make any difference at all. I have a deadline looming and this problem has put me behind in my work by several days, any ideas or suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) 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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I had tried this before, but tried it again - when I add the \! switch, the
Parent document lists the page number that appears in the child document (Page 30), not the page that the bookmark appears on in the Parent document. (I think that this is how the \! switch is supposed to work) If I remove the \! switch and update fields, the page references all point to the page that the INCLUDETEXT starts on (which is different from before, before it was pointing to the last page of the INCLUDETEXT). If I update fields again, it points to the last page of the includetext. In either case, it's pointing to the wrong page Any other thoughts? M "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote in message news:VA.0000ad52.0173036e@speedy... Hi Michael, OK, open a "child" document in its own window, make sure the references are displaying correctly. Now open the "parent" document, display the field codes (without trying to update the fields, first), go to the IncludeText for that document and add the \! switch at the end of the field code. Update the field and see if anything changes? I'm using Word 2002, SP3 on Windows XP Home Edition. I double-checked that the bookmarks are present and unlocked in the child document, but the links still aren't displaying correctly in the parent document. For example, in the child document there is a cross reference {PAGEREF BOOKMARK1 \p} In the child document, this is displayed as "on page 30" In the Parent document, it is displayed as "Below" If I remove the \p qualifier, the parent document lists the last page number that the Included text runs to (i.e., The INCLUDETEXT runs from page 140-200, the link now points to page 200, even though the bookmark is on page 170) I'm wondering if this is related to FieldCalcSecurityLevel registry entry as outlined on MS Knowledge base on http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=330079 I tried entering and modifying this registry entry, but so far it didn't seem to make any difference at all. I have a deadline looming and this problem has put me behind in my work by several days, any ideas or suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) 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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Hi Michael,
I had tried this before, but tried it again - when I add the \! switch, the Parent document lists the page number that appears in the child document (Page 30), not the page that the bookmark appears on in the Parent document. (I think that this is how the \! switch is supposed to work) If I remove the \! switch and update fields, the page references all point to the page that the INCLUDETEXT starts on (which is different from before, before it was pointing to the last page of the INCLUDETEXT). If I update fields again, it points to the last page of the includetext. In either case, it's pointing to the wrong page Right. OK, I just tried a quick test on my installation (Word 2003) and I'm not seeing the problem. So I'm guessing this may be an issue in this set of documents. If you: create a new document with a few pages (type this then, press Enter: rand(30,6) Then insert a heading at the top, and a cross-reference to that heading with the page number at the bottom. Now save and close. Now create another multi-page document and insert/file with link for the first file you created... ...does the field behave correctly? If it does, then we can be reasonably sure we're dealing with some kind of structural damage in one or the other document. In this case, first try inserting a link to a "chapter" document into the second test document. Does it behave correctly in this document? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) 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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