Chapter numbering in a header

[Paul Terrano]

I have a numbering issue that does not appear to have been discussed
in the numbering posts in the various Word newsgroups, or in the
numbering explanations on the several web sites.

I have written a multi-chaptered document and I want the complete
chapter name in the header and figure captions in the form 'Fig 5-7:
Figure description.' A typical chapter title is 'Chapter 5: The Tools
Menu'. The chapter name is formatted with the 'Heading 1' style.

When I use outline-numbered headings, the figure numbers come out
correctly, but the header has the chapter title without the 'Chapter
5:' prefix that was set up in the outline numbering procedure. The
field in the header was '{STYLEREF "Heading 1" \*MERGEFORMAT}'. If I
stick \n after "Heading 1", I get 'Chapter 5:', but not the chapter
title. The other switches work about the same; I can have 'Chapter 5:'
or the chapter name but not both.

My solution is {STYLEREF "Heading 1" \w} {STYLEREF "Heading 1"
\*MERGEFORMAT)
The space between the } { is required to get a space between the colon
and the first character of the title.

Is this the accepted way to achieve the desired appearance?

 

[Stefan Blom]

Yes, you need to use two STYLEREF fields to get the text and
numbering.

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word]]

Paul:

Yes, it is. You need to use two fields to do what you want

Cheers

I have a numbering issue that does not appear to have been discussed
in the numbering posts in the various Word newsgroups, or in the
numbering explanations on the several web sites.

I have written a multi-chaptered document and I want the complete
chapter name in the header and figure captions in the form 'Fig 5-7:
Figure description.' A typical chapter title is 'Chapter 5: The Tools
Menu'. The chapter name is formatted with the 'Heading 1' style.

When I use outline-numbered headings, the figure numbers come out
correctly, but the header has the chapter title without the 'Chapter
5:' prefix that was set up in the outline numbering procedure. The
field in the header was '{STYLEREF "Heading 1" \*MERGEFORMAT}'. If I
stick \n after "Heading 1", I get 'Chapter 5:', but not the chapter
title. The other switches work about the same; I can have 'Chapter 5:'
or the chapter name but not both.

My solution is {STYLEREF "Heading 1" \w} {STYLEREF "Heading 1"
\*MERGEFORMAT)
The space between the } { is required to get a space between the colon
and the first character of the title.

Is this the accepted way to achieve the desired appearance?

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[Charles Kenyon]

Only thing I would change would be to delete the "MERGEFORMAT" or perhaps
change it to "CHARFORMAT."