Linking text

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rumort

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Processor: Intel Is it possible to link two areas of a document so that the text (say a date) that is entered in one area appears in another area and when one changes the text in the first area the text in the text in the second automatically changes? If so can these links be made between text in the document and and a header or footer?
 
J

John McGhie

Yes, they can.

You need bookmarks, cross-references, and the StyleRef field.

All of them were carelessly left out of the Word 2008 help, so you need to
look them up in Google. Here are the links:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HP012265321033.aspx

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/CH061049391033.aspx

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HP051893981033.aspx

For links within the document text, bookmark the text, then insert
cross-references to the bookmark where you want the text to appear.

To do it in the header, mark the source text with a style, then insert a
StyleRef field to that style in the header: it will populate the header
page-by-page with text from the most recent occurrence of the style it is
looking for.

Cheers


Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Processor: Intel Is it
possible to link two areas of a document so that the text (say a date) that is
entered in one area appears in another area and when one changes the text in
the first area the text in the text in the second automatically changes? If
so can these links be made between text in the document and and a header or
footer?

This email is my business email -- Please do not email me about forum
matters unless you intend to pay!

--

John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word), Consultant Technical Writer,
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]
 
R

rumort

Yes, they can.
>
> You need bookmarks, cross-references, and the StyleRef field.
>
> All of them were carelessly left out of the Word 2008 help, so you need to
> look them up in Google. Here are the links:
>
> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HP012265321033.aspx
>
> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/CH061049391033.aspx
>
> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HP051893981033.aspx
>
> For links within the document text, bookmark the text, then insert
> cross-references to the bookmark where you want the text to appear.
>
> To do it in the header, mark the source text with a style, then insert a
> StyleRef field to that style in the header: it will populate the header
> page-by-page with text from the most recent occurrence of the style it is
> looking for.
>
> Cheers
>
>
> On 29/01/10 2:31 AM, in article (e-mail address removed)2ac0,
> "[email protected]" wrote:
>
> > Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Processor: Intel Is it
> > possible to link two areas of a document so that the text (say a date) that is
> > entered in one area appears in another area and when one changes the text in
> > the first area the text in the text in the second automatically changes? If
> > so can these links be made between text in the document and and a header or
> > footer?
>
> This email is my business email -- Please do not email me about forum
> matters unless you intend to pay!
>
> --
>
> John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word), Consultant Technical Writer,
> McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
> Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410
> +61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]
>
> Many thanks for your help. rumort
>
 
R

rumort

Is it possible to link two areas of a document so that the text (say a date) that is entered in one area appears in another area and when one changes the text in the first area the text in the text in the second automatically changes? If so can these links be made between text in the document and and a header or footer?

Many thanks for your help. rumort
 

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