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Default Inserting references without a capital letter

Press Alt+F9 to display field codes. To each REF field (which are used
for cross-references), add \* lower. For example: Change
{ REF _Ref146948309 } to { REF _Ref146948309 \* lower \h }. When you
are done, make sure to select the whole document and then press F9 to
update fields. Press Alt+F9 again to hide field codes.

You can use find and replace to automate this: First, type \* lower
in a document and then cut it to the clipboard. Make sure that field
codes are displayed, and then, on the Edit menu, click Replace. In the
Find and Replace dialog box, click More to display all options. Check
the "Use wildcards" option. In the "Find what" box, type REF *. In
the "Replace with" box, type ^&^c. Then click Replace All.

Note, however, that the find and replace described above will add
\* lower to ANY cross-reference field, not just to figure captions.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"WAYNEL" wrote in message
ups.com...

Hi

Does anyone have a solution for inserting references (i.e. from
captions) without it coming up with a capital letter in the front?
From example; if I have a chart title Figure 1, then when inserting

it
as a caption it need to be a capital letter. However, when

inserting
into text then it may not need to be a capital letter. Yes I can
change it to a lower case but when I update the fields or reload the
doc it turns back to a capital letter.

In summery, how to I maintain the control of choosing a lower or
uppercase character at the beginning of a caption reference in text

but
also maintain it format after field updated and also allow the

caption
to be in capital all the time?

Cheers

Wayne