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update cross references if formatting of numbers in captions chang
in word 2007: if i have captions for figures that are formatted as figure 1,
2, 3,... and i cross ref one of the captions, all works well. however, if i select a caption, and change the formatting to A, B, C - the cross reference does not update. rt clicking and updating doesn't work. Ctrl A and F9 does not work either. Any Suggestions? |
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update cross references if formatting of numbers in captions chang
Assuming that you changed the caption via the Caption dialog box, you should
be able to update the cross-references by selecting all and pressing F9 (or by switching to Print Preview and back to your favorite view). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "cathyh" wrote in message ... in word 2007: if i have captions for figures that are formatted as figure 1, 2, 3,... and i cross ref one of the captions, all works well. however, if i select a caption, and change the formatting to A, B, C - the cross reference does not update. rt clicking and updating doesn't work. Ctrl A and F9 does not work either. Any Suggestions? |
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update cross references if formatting of numbers in captions c
no - that does not work. unless i'm updating the captions wrong. i am
selecting the entire caption, choosing insert caption, the selected text shows up, and i just change the format of the number. is there an alternate way to change the formatting of the numbers in the captions? "Stefan Blom" wrote: Assuming that you changed the caption via the Caption dialog box, you should be able to update the cross-references by selecting all and pressing F9 (or by switching to Print Preview and back to your favorite view). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "cathyh" wrote in message ... in word 2007: if i have captions for figures that are formatted as figure 1, 2, 3,... and i cross ref one of the captions, all works well. however, if i select a caption, and change the formatting to A, B, C - the cross reference does not update. rt clicking and updating doesn't work. Ctrl A and F9 does not work either. Any Suggestions? |
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update cross references if formatting of numbers in captions c
I think I see the problem now! The crucial step is to click Close, *not*
Insert, when you close the Caption dialog box. If you click Insert, you are replacing the selected caption, which also means that the hidden bookmark used by Word for the cross-reference will be deleted. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "cathyh" wrote in message ... no - that does not work. unless i'm updating the captions wrong. i am selecting the entire caption, choosing insert caption, the selected text shows up, and i just change the format of the number. is there an alternate way to change the formatting of the numbers in the captions? "Stefan Blom" wrote: Assuming that you changed the caption via the Caption dialog box, you should be able to update the cross-references by selecting all and pressing F9 (or by switching to Print Preview and back to your favorite view). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "cathyh" wrote in message ... in word 2007: if i have captions for figures that are formatted as figure 1, 2, 3,... and i cross ref one of the captions, all works well. however, if i select a caption, and change the formatting to A, B, C - the cross reference does not update. rt clicking and updating doesn't work. Ctrl A and F9 does not work either. Any Suggestions? |
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update cross references if formatting of numbers in captions c
that WAS IT! thanks so much! the students in the class i'm teaching today
thank you as well! "Stefan Blom" wrote: I think I see the problem now! The crucial step is to click Close, *not* Insert, when you close the Caption dialog box. If you click Insert, you are replacing the selected caption, which also means that the hidden bookmark used by Word for the cross-reference will be deleted. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "cathyh" wrote in message ... no - that does not work. unless i'm updating the captions wrong. i am selecting the entire caption, choosing insert caption, the selected text shows up, and i just change the format of the number. is there an alternate way to change the formatting of the numbers in the captions? "Stefan Blom" wrote: Assuming that you changed the caption via the Caption dialog box, you should be able to update the cross-references by selecting all and pressing F9 (or by switching to Print Preview and back to your favorite view). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "cathyh" wrote in message ... in word 2007: if i have captions for figures that are formatted as figure 1, 2, 3,... and i cross ref one of the captions, all works well. however, if i select a caption, and change the formatting to A, B, C - the cross reference does not update. rt clicking and updating doesn't work. Ctrl A and F9 does not work either. Any Suggestions? |
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update cross references if formatting of numbers in captions c
I'm glad I could help!
-- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "cathyh" wrote in message ... that WAS IT! thanks so much! the students in the class i'm teaching today thank you as well! "Stefan Blom" wrote: I think I see the problem now! The crucial step is to click Close, *not* Insert, when you close the Caption dialog box. If you click Insert, you are replacing the selected caption, which also means that the hidden bookmark used by Word for the cross-reference will be deleted. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "cathyh" wrote in message ... no - that does not work. unless i'm updating the captions wrong. i am selecting the entire caption, choosing insert caption, the selected text shows up, and i just change the format of the number. is there an alternate way to change the formatting of the numbers in the captions? "Stefan Blom" wrote: Assuming that you changed the caption via the Caption dialog box, you should be able to update the cross-references by selecting all and pressing F9 (or by switching to Print Preview and back to your favorite view). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "cathyh" wrote in message ... in word 2007: if i have captions for figures that are formatted as figure 1, 2, 3,... and i cross ref one of the captions, all works well. however, if i select a caption, and change the formatting to A, B, C - the cross reference does not update. rt clicking and updating doesn't work. Ctrl A and F9 does not work either. Any Suggestions? |
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