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Superscripted cross-refs change to regular font size?
Hope someone can help because this is driving me sort of crazy!
I am superscripting cross-references in the text based on a numbered (bulleted) list of text items (bibliography) in the same document. When I select the entire document (cntl-A), right click, and Update field, some (but not all) of the superscripted cross-refs revert back to the non-superscripted font size. Here are the steps I am doing: (I have a numbered bulleted list of references in the same document.) 1. Put cursor where I want to insert the cross-reference in the text. Then: Insert/Reference/Cross reference/Reference type = numbered item/Insert reference to = paragraph number/ok. (Cross-reference number appears where cursor was in text, in text font size.) 2. Select the cross-reference numberin the text, and superscript it, by either clicking on the superscript button in the tool-bar, or Format/font/superscript (the problem occurs regardless). 3. Do cntl-A to select the entire document. 4. Right-click and select Update field (I do this periodically because the sequence of items in the bibliography changes as I add more and resort them; also, the TOC changes as I add text). 5. Here's where the problem occurs - some of the inserted cross-refs revert back to the original font size and are no longer superscripted. Some don't, but I can't figure out what is different about the ones that don't. How do I get them all to stay superscripted when I update the fields in the document? Or is there a better way to do this? THANKS!!! |
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Superscripted cross-refs change to regular font size?
You probably need to add the \* MERGEFORMAT or \* CHARFORMAT switch to your
REF field. This will preserve the formatting through updates. -- 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. "Carol" wrote in message ... Hope someone can help because this is driving me sort of crazy! I am superscripting cross-references in the text based on a numbered (bulleted) list of text items (bibliography) in the same document. When I select the entire document (cntl-A), right click, and Update field, some (but not all) of the superscripted cross-refs revert back to the non-superscripted font size. Here are the steps I am doing: (I have a numbered bulleted list of references in the same document.) 1. Put cursor where I want to insert the cross-reference in the text. Then: Insert/Reference/Cross reference/Reference type = numbered item/Insert reference to = paragraph number/ok. (Cross-reference number appears where cursor was in text, in text font size.) 2. Select the cross-reference numberin the text, and superscript it, by either clicking on the superscript button in the tool-bar, or Format/font/superscript (the problem occurs regardless). 3. Do cntl-A to select the entire document. 4. Right-click and select Update field (I do this periodically because the sequence of items in the bibliography changes as I add more and resort them; also, the TOC changes as I add text). 5. Here's where the problem occurs - some of the inserted cross-refs revert back to the original font size and are no longer superscripted. Some don't, but I can't figure out what is different about the ones that don't. How do I get them all to stay superscripted when I update the fields in the document? Or is there a better way to do this? THANKS!!! |
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Superscripted cross-refs change to regular font size?
Suzanne, I took your advice and looked at the field codes using shift-F9.
\*MERGEFORMAT was already there, apparently it gets inserted automatically from what I learned from Word Help. I tried substituting the \*CHARFORMAT and it still reverted back to the larger font when I updated the field. So I tried alt-F9 to see what the other codes looked like that weren't reverting and found something interesting - the REF field was superscripted itself. In the ones that were reverting, the REF field was the regular non-superscripted font size. So I went back and manually superscripted the displayed REF field and it stayed superscripted even after I updated all fields in the document. I still don't know why some of the superscripted cross-refs work correctly from the start, and others need to be fixed after the fact, but at least I now know how to fix them. So thanks, you pointed me in the right direction because I had to learn more about the REF fields :-) |
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Superscripted cross-refs change to regular font size?
I was going to suggest superscripting the field, but since the
cross-reference IS the field, I didn't see how superscripting it would not superscript the field. -- 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. "Carol" wrote in message ... Suzanne, I took your advice and looked at the field codes using shift-F9. \*MERGEFORMAT was already there, apparently it gets inserted automatically from what I learned from Word Help. I tried substituting the \*CHARFORMAT and it still reverted back to the larger font when I updated the field. So I tried alt-F9 to see what the other codes looked like that weren't reverting and found something interesting - the REF field was superscripted itself. In the ones that were reverting, the REF field was the regular non-superscripted font size. So I went back and manually superscripted the displayed REF field and it stayed superscripted even after I updated all fields in the document. I still don't know why some of the superscripted cross-refs work correctly from the start, and others need to be fixed after the fact, but at least I now know how to fix them. So thanks, you pointed me in the right direction because I had to learn more about the REF fields :-) |
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