INCLUDETEXT and cross references

[Michael]

Hi,

In the document set that I am working on, there are chapters that appear in more than on=
e document.

I've been creating these chapters as separate documents, and then linking them to th=
e required parent documents using INCLUDETEXT.

For example, I have a chapter called GettingStarted.doc, in the parent document, I h=
ave included this chapter using {INCLUDETEXT "GettingStarted.doc" }

GettingStarted.doc has internal links to bookmarks within itself (i.e. WITHIN Get=
rtingStarted.doc).
Until last week, when I opened the parent document, the links within GettingStarted=
..doc pointed to the page that those bookmarks appeared in the parent document. Now I h=
ave a situation where all bookmarks point to the last (or sometimes first) page of the=
included text.
(i.e., if Gettingstarted.doc runs from page 20-30 in the parent document, ALL cross=
-references point to page 30, even if the bookmarked text appears on page 25 of the par=
ent document)

Any ideas what may have happened, and how I can get the bookmarks to point to the right p=
lace?

I tried reinserting the file, rebuilding the document from scratch, and updating al=
l links - no dice

I am aware that I can insert a /! switch, but this means that the links will point to the p=
age number that the bookmarks appear in the stand-alone chapter, not the page that th=
ey will appear on in the parent document.

I=E2=80=99m using WordXP (2002) on Windows XP Home Edition, SP2

Deadline approaching and I'm getting desperate...

HELP!!!!


Michael

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Michael,

In the document set that I am working on, there are chapters that appear in more than one document.

I've been creating these chapters as separate documents, and then linking

them to the required parent documents using INCLUDETEXT.

For example, I have a chapter called GettingStarted.doc, in the parent

document, I have included this chapter using {INCLUDETEXT "GettingStarted.doc"
}

GettingStarted.doc has internal links to bookmarks within itself (i.e. WITHIN GetrtingStarted.doc).
Until last week, when I opened the parent document, the links within

GettingStarted..doc pointed to the page that those bookmarks appeared in the
parent document. Now I have a situation where all bookmarks point to the last
(or sometimes first) page of the included text.

(i.e., if Gettingstarted.doc runs from page 20-30 in the parent document, ALL

cross-references point to page 30, even if the bookmarked text appears on page
25 of the parent document)Version of Word (so that we can test)?

If you open such an included document separately, in its own window, then
Ctrl+A, F9, do the fields update correctly? If they do, save, then...

You might try inserting the \! switch at the end of the IncludeText fields so
that the fields don't try to update to reference the document into which the
text has been inserted.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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