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I use table/figure captions and cross-referencing a lot (currently using Word
2007, but same issue for other versions). When I insert a cross-reference, the default is always to insert the "Entire Caption" as the cross-reference. I can change this (for example, if I'm inserting a table cross-reference, I change it to "Only Label and Number"), but as soon as I switch to inserting a figure cross-reference, the default switches back to "Entire Caption" again. When I'm switching often between figures and tables, it's extra clicks every time, which is very annoying! This drives me crazy - I never, never insert an entire caption as a cross-reference! Is there some way to make "label and number" the default option for cross-references? I've looked but can't find it anywhere. Thanks, Jen |
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It's one of those things that irritates me too. But I've never seen a way
around it. Sorry. Pam JenC wrote: I use table/figure captions and cross-referencing a lot (currently using Word 2007, but same issue for other versions). When I insert a cross-reference, the default is always to insert the "Entire Caption" as the cross-reference. I can change this (for example, if I'm inserting a table cross-reference, I change it to "Only Label and Number"), but as soon as I switch to inserting a figure cross-reference, the default switches back to "Entire Caption" again. When I'm switching often between figures and tables, it's extra clicks every time, which is very annoying! This drives me crazy - I never, never insert an entire caption as a cross-reference! Is there some way to make "label and number" the default option for cross-references? I've looked but can't find it anywhere. Thanks, Jen -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...ement/201003/1 |
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It's one of those things that irritates me too. But I've never seen a way
around it. Sorry. Pam JenC wrote: I use table/figure captions and cross-referencing a lot (currently using Word 2007, but same issue for other versions). When I insert a cross-reference, the default is always to insert the "Entire Caption" as the cross-reference. I can change this (for example, if I'm inserting a table cross-reference, I change it to "Only Label and Number"), but as soon as I switch to inserting a figure cross-reference, the default switches back to "Entire Caption" again. When I'm switching often between figures and tables, it's extra clicks every time, which is very annoying! This drives me crazy - I never, never insert an entire caption as a cross-reference! Is there some way to make "label and number" the default option for cross-references? I've looked but can't find it anywhere. Thanks, Jen -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...ement/201003/1 |
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Argh! Well, thanks anyway. At least now I know I'm wasting my time because of
a Word bug and not because I just don't know how to do it. I wonder what the developers were basing that feature on - I don't think I have ever, ever seen a cross-reference to an entire table or figure caption! It would look ridiculous. "Pamelia Caswell via OfficeKB.com" wrote: It's one of those things that irritates me too. But I've never seen a way around it. Sorry. Pam JenC wrote: I use table/figure captions and cross-referencing a lot (currently using Word 2007, but same issue for other versions). When I insert a cross-reference, the default is always to insert the "Entire Caption" as the cross-reference. I can change this (for example, if I'm inserting a table cross-reference, I change it to "Only Label and Number"), but as soon as I switch to inserting a figure cross-reference, the default switches back to "Entire Caption" again. When I'm switching often between figures and tables, it's extra clicks every time, which is very annoying! This drives me crazy - I never, never insert an entire caption as a cross-reference! Is there some way to make "label and number" the default option for cross-references? I've looked but can't find it anywhere. Thanks, Jen -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...ement/201003/1 . |
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Argh! Well, thanks anyway. At least now I know I'm wasting my time because of
a Word bug and not because I just don't know how to do it. I wonder what the developers were basing that feature on - I don't think I have ever, ever seen a cross-reference to an entire table or figure caption! It would look ridiculous. "Pamelia Caswell via OfficeKB.com" wrote: It's one of those things that irritates me too. But I've never seen a way around it. Sorry. Pam JenC wrote: I use table/figure captions and cross-referencing a lot (currently using Word 2007, but same issue for other versions). When I insert a cross-reference, the default is always to insert the "Entire Caption" as the cross-reference. I can change this (for example, if I'm inserting a table cross-reference, I change it to "Only Label and Number"), but as soon as I switch to inserting a figure cross-reference, the default switches back to "Entire Caption" again. When I'm switching often between figures and tables, it's extra clicks every time, which is very annoying! This drives me crazy - I never, never insert an entire caption as a cross-reference! Is there some way to make "label and number" the default option for cross-references? I've looked but can't find it anywhere. Thanks, Jen -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...ement/201003/1 . |
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It becomes more and more clear that the folks who design Word have
never read, let alone written, a book, let alone an academic journal. On Apr 1, 7:09*pm, JenC wrote: Argh! Well, thanks anyway. At least now I know I'm wasting my time because of a Word bug and not because I just don't know how to do it. I wonder what the developers were basing that feature on - I don't think I have ever, ever seen a cross-reference to an entire table or figure caption! It would look ridiculous. "Pamelia Caswell via OfficeKB.com" wrote: It's one of those things that irritates me too. *But I've never seen a way around it. *Sorry. Pam JenC wrote: I use table/figure captions and cross-referencing a lot (currently using Word 2007, but same issue for other versions). When I insert a cross-reference, the default is always to insert the "Entire Caption" as the cross-reference. I can change this (for example, if I'm inserting a table cross-reference, I change it to "Only Label and Number"), but as soon as I switch to inserting a figure cross-reference, the default switches back to "Entire Caption" again. When I'm switching often between figures and tables, it's extra clicks every time, which is very annoying! This drives me crazy - I never, never insert an entire caption as a cross-reference! Is there some way to make "label and number" the default option for cross-references? I've looked but can't find it anywhere. Thanks, Jen |
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Change Default from "Insert Entire Caption"
It becomes more and more clear that the folks who design Word have
never read, let alone written, a book, let alone an academic journal. On Apr 1, 7:09*pm, JenC wrote: Argh! Well, thanks anyway. At least now I know I'm wasting my time because of a Word bug and not because I just don't know how to do it. I wonder what the developers were basing that feature on - I don't think I have ever, ever seen a cross-reference to an entire table or figure caption! It would look ridiculous. "Pamelia Caswell via OfficeKB.com" wrote: It's one of those things that irritates me too. *But I've never seen a way around it. *Sorry. Pam JenC wrote: I use table/figure captions and cross-referencing a lot (currently using Word 2007, but same issue for other versions). When I insert a cross-reference, the default is always to insert the "Entire Caption" as the cross-reference. I can change this (for example, if I'm inserting a table cross-reference, I change it to "Only Label and Number"), but as soon as I switch to inserting a figure cross-reference, the default switches back to "Entire Caption" again. When I'm switching often between figures and tables, it's extra clicks every time, which is very annoying! This drives me crazy - I never, never insert an entire caption as a cross-reference! Is there some way to make "label and number" the default option for cross-references? I've looked but can't find it anywhere. Thanks, Jen |
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Hi Pam,
I actually "Insert Entire Caption" quite often when I'm doing cross-referencing. I write scientific reports, and typically have hundreds of pages of tables, some of which are so long they span mupltiple pages. I've found that by cross-referencing the automatically numbered Caption title at the top of the "parent" tables using "Insert Entire Caption" at the top of each continuation table, that whenever the table titles change (mostly renumbering), that all of the titles for the continuations update without my having to do so manually. So it would look like {cross-reference goes here} (continued). On the other hand, I often cross-reference using "Only Label and Number" option in the body of my reports, but I probably end up using each option about as often as I do the other, so it wouldn't really matter to me which option was the "default". David "JenC" wrote in message ... Argh! Well, thanks anyway. At least now I know I'm wasting my time because of a Word bug and not because I just don't know how to do it. I wonder what the developers were basing that feature on - I don't think I have ever, ever seen a cross-reference to an entire table or figure caption! It would look ridiculous. "Pamelia Caswell via OfficeKB.com" wrote: It's one of those things that irritates me too. But I've never seen a way around it. Sorry. Pam JenC wrote: I use table/figure captions and cross-referencing a lot (currently using Word 2007, but same issue for other versions). When I insert a cross-reference, the default is always to insert the "Entire Caption" as the cross-reference. I can change this (for example, if I'm inserting a table cross-reference, I change it to "Only Label and Number"), but as soon as I switch to inserting a figure cross-reference, the default switches back to "Entire Caption" again. When I'm switching often between figures and tables, it's extra clicks every time, which is very annoying! This drives me crazy - I never, never insert an entire caption as a cross-reference! Is there some way to make "label and number" the default option for cross-references? I've looked but can't find it anywhere. Thanks, Jen -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...ement/201003/1 . |
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Hi Pam, I actually "Insert Entire Caption" quite often when I'm doing cross-referencing. I write scientific reports, and typically have hundreds of pages of tables, some of which are so long they span mupltiple pages. I've found that by cross-referencing the automatically numbered Caption title at the top of the "parent" tables using "Insert Entire Caption" at the top of each continuation table, that whenever the table titles change (mostly renumbering), that all of the titles for the continuations update without my having to do so manually. So it would look like {cross-reference goes here} (continued). On the other hand, I often cross-reference using "Only Label and Number" option in the body of my reports, but I probably end up using each option about as often as I do the other, so it wouldn't really matter to me which option was the "default". David "JenC" wrote in message ... Argh! Well, thanks anyway. At least now I know I'm wasting my time because of a Word bug and not because I just don't know how to do it. I wonder what the developers were basing that feature on - I don't think I have ever, ever seen a cross-reference to an entire table or figure caption! It would look ridiculous. "Pamelia Caswell via OfficeKB.com" wrote: It's one of those things that irritates me too. But I've never seen a way around it. Sorry. Pam JenC wrote: I use table/figure captions and cross-referencing a lot (currently using Word 2007, but same issue for other versions). When I insert a cross-reference, the default is always to insert the "Entire Caption" as the cross-reference. I can change this (for example, if I'm inserting a table cross-reference, I change it to "Only Label and Number"), but as soon as I switch to inserting a figure cross-reference, the default switches back to "Entire Caption" again. When I'm switching often between figures and tables, it's extra clicks every time, which is very annoying! This drives me crazy - I never, never insert an entire caption as a cross-reference! Is there some way to make "label and number" the default option for cross-references? I've looked but can't find it anywhere. Thanks, Jen -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...ement/201003/1 . |
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You could insert a bookmark enclosing exactly the piece of text that you
want to cross-reference, and then insert a cross-reference to the bookmark. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "JenC" wrote in message ... I use table/figure captions and cross-referencing a lot (currently using Word 2007, but same issue for other versions). When I insert a cross-reference, the default is always to insert the "Entire Caption" as the cross-reference. I can change this (for example, if I'm inserting a table cross-reference, I change it to "Only Label and Number"), but as soon as I switch to inserting a figure cross-reference, the default switches back to "Entire Caption" again. When I'm switching often between figures and tables, it's extra clicks every time, which is very annoying! This drives me crazy - I never, never insert an entire caption as a cross-reference! Is there some way to make "label and number" the default option for cross-references? I've looked but can't find it anywhere. Thanks, Jen |
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Change Default from "Insert Entire Caption"
You could insert a bookmark enclosing exactly the piece of text that you
want to cross-reference, and then insert a cross-reference to the bookmark. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "JenC" wrote in message ... I use table/figure captions and cross-referencing a lot (currently using Word 2007, but same issue for other versions). When I insert a cross-reference, the default is always to insert the "Entire Caption" as the cross-reference. I can change this (for example, if I'm inserting a table cross-reference, I change it to "Only Label and Number"), but as soon as I switch to inserting a figure cross-reference, the default switches back to "Entire Caption" again. When I'm switching often between figures and tables, it's extra clicks every time, which is very annoying! This drives me crazy - I never, never insert an entire caption as a cross-reference! Is there some way to make "label and number" the default option for cross-references? I've looked but can't find it anywhere. Thanks, Jen |
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But the situation you describe is surely quite rare in the universe of
cross references to tables. Obviously it ought to be available to you, but it doesn't make sense for it to be the default for everyone. On Apr 2, 2:44*pm, "WhiteRat" wrote: Hi Pam, I actually "Insert Entire Caption" quite often when I'm doing cross-referencing. I write scientific reports, and typically have hundreds of pages of tables, some of which are so long they span mupltiple pages. I've found that by cross-referencing the automatically numbered Caption title at the top of the "parent" tables using "Insert Entire Caption" at the top of each continuation table, that whenever the table titles change (mostly renumbering), that all of the titles for the continuations update without my having to do so manually. So it would look like {cross-reference goes here} (continued). On the other hand, I often cross-reference using "Only Label and Number" option in the body of my reports, but I probably end up using each option about as often as I do the other, so it wouldn't really matter to me which option was the "default". David "JenC" wrote in message ... Argh! Well, thanks anyway. At least now I know I'm wasting my time because of a Word bug and not because I just don't know how to do it. I wonder what the developers were basing that feature on - I don't think I have ever, ever seen a cross-reference to an entire table or figure caption! It would look ridiculous. "Pamelia Caswell via OfficeKB.com" wrote: It's one of those things that irritates me too. *But I've never seen a way around it. *Sorry. Pam JenC wrote: I use table/figure captions and cross-referencing a lot (currently using Word 2007, but same issue for other versions). When I insert a cross-reference, the default is always to insert the "Entire Caption" as the cross-reference. I can change this (for example, if I'm inserting a table cross-reference, I change it to "Only Label and Number"), but as soon as I switch to inserting a figure cross-reference, the default switches back to "Entire Caption" again. When I'm switching often between figures and tables, it's extra clicks every time, which is very annoying! This drives me crazy - I never, never insert an entire caption as a cross-reference! Is there some way to make "label and number" the default option for cross-references? I've looked but can't find it anywhere. Thanks, Jen |
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But the situation you describe is surely quite rare in the universe of
cross references to tables. Obviously it ought to be available to you, but it doesn't make sense for it to be the default for everyone. On Apr 2, 2:44*pm, "WhiteRat" wrote: Hi Pam, I actually "Insert Entire Caption" quite often when I'm doing cross-referencing. I write scientific reports, and typically have hundreds of pages of tables, some of which are so long they span mupltiple pages. I've found that by cross-referencing the automatically numbered Caption title at the top of the "parent" tables using "Insert Entire Caption" at the top of each continuation table, that whenever the table titles change (mostly renumbering), that all of the titles for the continuations update without my having to do so manually. So it would look like {cross-reference goes here} (continued). On the other hand, I often cross-reference using "Only Label and Number" option in the body of my reports, but I probably end up using each option about as often as I do the other, so it wouldn't really matter to me which option was the "default". David "JenC" wrote in message ... Argh! Well, thanks anyway. At least now I know I'm wasting my time because of a Word bug and not because I just don't know how to do it. I wonder what the developers were basing that feature on - I don't think I have ever, ever seen a cross-reference to an entire table or figure caption! It would look ridiculous. "Pamelia Caswell via OfficeKB.com" wrote: It's one of those things that irritates me too. *But I've never seen a way around it. *Sorry. Pam JenC wrote: I use table/figure captions and cross-referencing a lot (currently using Word 2007, but same issue for other versions). When I insert a cross-reference, the default is always to insert the "Entire Caption" as the cross-reference. I can change this (for example, if I'm inserting a table cross-reference, I change it to "Only Label and Number"), but as soon as I switch to inserting a figure cross-reference, the default switches back to "Entire Caption" again. When I'm switching often between figures and tables, it's extra clicks every time, which is very annoying! This drives me crazy - I never, never insert an entire caption as a cross-reference! Is there some way to make "label and number" the default option for cross-references? I've looked but can't find it anywhere. Thanks, Jen |
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Hi, David,
Yes, your method is a good way of getting in those "continueds" that Word also doesn't do. Note though that my desire is to have the ability set the default to my preference, not to have Word change its default for everybody to "my way". Pam WhiteRat wrote: Hi Pam, I actually "Insert Entire Caption" quite often when I'm doing cross-referencing. I write scientific reports, and typically have hundreds of pages of tables, some of which are so long they span mupltiple pages. I've found that by cross-referencing the automatically numbered Caption title at the top of the "parent" tables using "Insert Entire Caption" at the top of each continuation table, that whenever the table titles change (mostly renumbering), that all of the titles for the continuations update without my having to do so manually. So it would look like {cross-reference goes here} (continued). On the other hand, I often cross-reference using "Only Label and Number" option in the body of my reports, but I probably end up using each option about as often as I do the other, so it wouldn't really matter to me which option was the "default". David Argh! Well, thanks anyway. At least now I know I'm wasting my time because of [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] Thanks, Jen -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...ement/201004/1 |
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Hi, David,
Yes, your method is a good way of getting in those "continueds" that Word also doesn't do. Note though that my desire is to have the ability set the default to my preference, not to have Word change its default for everybody to "my way". Pam WhiteRat wrote: Hi Pam, I actually "Insert Entire Caption" quite often when I'm doing cross-referencing. I write scientific reports, and typically have hundreds of pages of tables, some of which are so long they span mupltiple pages. I've found that by cross-referencing the automatically numbered Caption title at the top of the "parent" tables using "Insert Entire Caption" at the top of each continuation table, that whenever the table titles change (mostly renumbering), that all of the titles for the continuations update without my having to do so manually. So it would look like {cross-reference goes here} (continued). On the other hand, I often cross-reference using "Only Label and Number" option in the body of my reports, but I probably end up using each option about as often as I do the other, so it wouldn't really matter to me which option was the "default". David Argh! Well, thanks anyway. At least now I know I'm wasting my time because of [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] Thanks, Jen -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...ement/201004/1 |
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Hi Pam,
I totally agree with you. I was just giving an example for those who "have never seen a cross-reference to a table or caption". As I said, for my needs it wouldn't matter which is the default, but I certainly agree that "Only Label and Number" is the more rational choice. David "Pamelia Caswell via OfficeKB.com" u43222@uwe wrote in message news:a602123362ef8@uwe... Hi, David, Yes, your method is a good way of getting in those "continueds" that Word also doesn't do. Note though that my desire is to have the ability set the default to my preference, not to have Word change its default for everybody to "my way". Pam WhiteRat wrote: Hi Pam, I actually "Insert Entire Caption" quite often when I'm doing cross-referencing. I write scientific reports, and typically have hundreds of pages of tables, some of which are so long they span mupltiple pages. I've found that by cross-referencing the automatically numbered Caption title at the top of the "parent" tables using "Insert Entire Caption" at the top of each continuation table, that whenever the table titles change (mostly renumbering), that all of the titles for the continuations update without my having to do so manually. So it would look like {cross-reference goes here} (continued). On the other hand, I often cross-reference using "Only Label and Number" option in the body of my reports, but I probably end up using each option about as often as I do the other, so it wouldn't really matter to me which option was the "default". David Argh! Well, thanks anyway. At least now I know I'm wasting my time because of [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] Thanks, Jen -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...ement/201004/1 |
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Hi Pam,
I totally agree with you. I was just giving an example for those who "have never seen a cross-reference to a table or caption". As I said, for my needs it wouldn't matter which is the default, but I certainly agree that "Only Label and Number" is the more rational choice. David "Pamelia Caswell via OfficeKB.com" u43222@uwe wrote in message news:a602123362ef8@uwe... Hi, David, Yes, your method is a good way of getting in those "continueds" that Word also doesn't do. Note though that my desire is to have the ability set the default to my preference, not to have Word change its default for everybody to "my way". Pam WhiteRat wrote: Hi Pam, I actually "Insert Entire Caption" quite often when I'm doing cross-referencing. I write scientific reports, and typically have hundreds of pages of tables, some of which are so long they span mupltiple pages. I've found that by cross-referencing the automatically numbered Caption title at the top of the "parent" tables using "Insert Entire Caption" at the top of each continuation table, that whenever the table titles change (mostly renumbering), that all of the titles for the continuations update without my having to do so manually. So it would look like {cross-reference goes here} (continued). On the other hand, I often cross-reference using "Only Label and Number" option in the body of my reports, but I probably end up using each option about as often as I do the other, so it wouldn't really matter to me which option was the "default". David Argh! Well, thanks anyway. At least now I know I'm wasting my time because of [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] Thanks, Jen -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...ement/201004/1 |
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