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Error! Reference source not found.
I need help. I just inserted and formatted the figures and tables of a
300+ thesis. But when I hit F9 to refresh the links all my tables and figures were lost and on their places are left "Error! Reference source not found" for the cross-references and "Error! Bookmark not defined." where the tables and figures were. How did I get into this mess? I only used Insert Text Box Insert Picture on the text boxthen do the captions. Because I had saved already the document thinking everything is ok there's no way for me to undelete them. Pls help. Thanks a lot. Albert |
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Error! Reference source not found.
Are the captions in the Text Box as well?
Cross referencing and Table of Figures/Tables wont find these if they are in the Text boxes. I believe the only solution is to extract the captions from the Text Boxes, ie. use Find to search for "Figure" and "Table" and then individually Cut/Paste the captions to the body of the document. Then hopefully the cross referencing and Table of Figures/Tables should work. Maybe extract all (caption and image/table) from each text box and slot into the body of the document? Sorry but you still have some work to do. At least you have learnt to restrict the use of Text Boxes to items that need to be outside the body of the document. Hope this helps and good luck with the thesis. DeanH " wrote: I need help. I just inserted and formatted the figures and tables of a 300+ thesis. But when I hit F9 to refresh the links all my tables and figures were lost and on their places are left "Error! Reference source not found" for the cross-references and "Error! Bookmark not defined." where the tables and figures were. How did I get into this mess? I only used Insert Text Box Insert Picture on the text boxthen do the captions. Because I had saved already the document thinking everything is ok there's no way for me to undelete them. Pls help. Thanks a lot. Albert |
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Error! Reference source not found.
DeanH;2542696 Wrote: Are the captions in the Text Box as well? Cross referencing and Table of Figures/Tables wont find these if they are in the Text boxes. I believe the only solution is to extract the captions from the Text Boxes, ie. use Find to search for "Figure" and "Table" and then individually Cut/Paste the captions to the body of the document. Then hopefully the cross referencing and Table of Figures/Tables should work. Maybe extract all (caption and image/table) from each text box and slot into the body of the document? Sorry but you still have some work to do. At least you have learnt to restrict the use of Text Boxes to items that need to be outside the body of the document. Hope this helps and good luck with the thesis. DeanH " wrote: - I need help. I just inserted and formatted the figures and tables of a 300+ thesis. But when I hit F9 to refresh the links all my tables and figures were lost and on their places are left "Error! Reference source not found" for the cross-references and "Error! Bookmark not defined." where the tables and figures were. How did I get into this mess? I only used Insert Text Box Insert Picture on the text boxthen do the captions. Because I had saved already the document thinking everything is ok there's no way for me to undelete them. Pls help. Thanks a lot. Albert - Albert, are you saying that you save your document every time under the same name? I dont want to be paternalistic, but for long docs this is asking for trouble, and with each elaboration the "added value" (read: time spent) is increased so a crash is more costly. I suggest to save your document under a new revision number, say every half hour (so: ThesisABC_r001.doc, then ~_r002.doc, etc). Then you can always go back to the previous version. Ok, you get 100+ versions in the end and it takes disk space, but you can also find back that table you deleted and wanted it back after all. And obviously, you can discard very old versions you will never use again. To cheer you up a bit - after all it's Christmas ;-) -, if you want I give you a free license to the eBook "Mastering Microsft Word for Scientific Reports" which specifically addresses theses, and other locg docs. Just drop me an e-mail with your name/e-mail address and refer to this forum question (h.van.ekelenburg [at] eurebooks.eu) -- Henk57 |
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Error! Reference source not found.
On 22 Dec 2007, 12:30, Henk57
wrote: DeanH;2542696 Wrote: Are the captions in the Text Box as well? Cross referencing and Table of Figures/Tables wont find these if they are in the Text boxes. I believe the only solution is to extract the captions from the Text Boxes, ie. use Find to search for "Figure" and "Table" and then individually Cut/Paste the captions to the body of the document. Then hopefully the cross referencing and Table of Figures/Tables should work. Maybe extract all (caption and image/table) from each text box and slot into the body of the document? Sorry but you still have some work to do. At least you have learnt to restrict the use of Text Boxes to items that need to be outside the body of the document. Hope this helps and good luck with the thesis. DeanH " wrote: - I need help. I just inserted and formatted the figures and tables of a 300+ thesis. But when I hit F9 to refresh the links all my tables and figures were lost and on their places are left "Error! Reference source not found" for the cross-references and "Error! Bookmark not defined." where the tables and figures were. How did I get into this mess? I only used Insert Text Box *Insert Picture on the text boxthen do the captions. Because I had saved already the document thinking everything is ok there's no way for me to undelete them. Pls help. Thanks a lot. Albert - Albert, are you saying that you save your document every time under the same name? *I dont want to be paternalistic, but for long docs this is asking for trouble, and with each elaboration the "added value" (read: time spent) is increased so a crash is more costly. *I suggest to save your document under a new revision number, say every half hour (so: ThesisABC_r001.doc, then ~_r002.doc, etc). *Then you can always go back to the previous version. * Ok, you get 100+ versions in the end and it takes disk space, but you can also find back that table you deleted and wanted it back after all. And obviously, you can discard very old versions you will never use again. To cheer you up a bit - after all it's Christmas ;-) -, if you want I give you a free license to the eBook "Mastering Microsft Word for Scientific Reports" which specifically addresses theses, and other locg docs. *Just drop me an e-mail with your name/e-mail address and refer to this forum question (h.van.ekelenburg [at] eurebooks.eu) -- Henk57- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Thanks for the help and sorry for not replying sooner. The trouble I encountered just before Christmas was much to swallow. I am reworking my document now. |
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