I've created my own versions of Heading2 and Heading3 so that the different
versions (Heading2/Heading2Custom and Heading3/Heading3Custom) can be handled
differently during export to a different format (online help).

Is there any way -- including macros -- that I can create xrefs to my
Heading2Custom and Heading3Custom styles such that those xrefs that will
a) incorporate the heading text automatically (as happens when I xref the
built-in Heading2 and Heading3) and b) update the heading text automatically
if/when that text changes?

Unless your headings are numbered (in which case they will be "Numbered
items"), you'll have to explicitly bookmark them. That's just one more
reason we recommend using the built-in heading styles. See
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...ingStyles.html

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"boswrit" wrote in message
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I've created my own versions of Heading2 and Heading3 so that the
different
versions (Heading2/Heading2Custom and Heading3/Heading3Custom) can be
handled
differently during export to a different format (online help).

Is there any way -- including macros -- that I can create xrefs to my
Heading2Custom and Heading3Custom styles such that those xrefs that will
a) incorporate the heading text automatically (as happens when I xref the
built-in Heading2 and Heading3) and b) update the heading text
automatically
if/when that text changes?

Hi, Suzanne.

Reading your reply (to always use the built-in Heading styles) made me
realize that I can take a couple unused Heading styles, say Heading8 and
Heading9, and use them in place of my "custom" versions.

I'd like them to modify Heading8 and Heading9 to be at paragraph levels 2
and 3 , but Word doesn't permit that. On consideration, though, I'll give up
a tidy Outline View and Document Map to get the automatic xrefs.

Thank you very much.
Kevin McDonough




"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Unless your headings are numbered (in which case they will be "Numbered
items"), you'll have to explicitly bookmark them. That's just one more
reason we recommend using the built-in heading styles. See
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...ingStyles.html

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"boswrit" wrote in message
...
I've created my own versions of Heading2 and Heading3 so that the
different
versions (Heading2/Heading2Custom and Heading3/Heading3Custom) can be
handled
differently during export to a different format (online help).

Is there any way -- including macros -- that I can create xrefs to my
Heading2Custom and Heading3Custom styles such that those xrefs that will
a) incorporate the heading text automatically (as happens when I xref the
built-in Heading2 and Heading3) and b) update the heading text
automatically
if/when that text changes?