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twang1985
Legal documents sometimes reference dozens of exhibits, and I'd like t
autonumber/autoletter them with the ability to cross-reference the
later on.
Searching around revealed that you can use captions, but I can't get th
caption label to behave the way I want it to--it always ends u
including all the text in the paragraph in which the caption i
inserted. Also, our exhibits are not part of the word document itself
but are typically separate PDFs...
Currently, the problems that tend to arise are:
1) Last-minute changes create anomalous numbering. For example, I migh
realize that I want to add another exhibit between 8 and 9. Typically
we'd just use the next available exhibit number, even if it'
out-of-order. E.g.: "At his deposition, Mr. Smith said he was guilty.
See Smith Deposition (Exhibit 8). [Added text: Also, Ms. Cohen said h
wasn't at work. See Cohen Deposition (Exhibit 30).] Also, Mrs. Jone
said she saw him do it. See Jones Deposition (Exhibit 9)." Deleting a
exhibit entirely is even more problematic, for obvious reasons.
2) Any change to an exhibit number requires manually going through th
document and updating all references to that exhibit.
Ideally, I want to be able to accomplish the following:
"At his deposition, Mr. Smith said he was guilty. See Smith Depositio
(Exhibit 8). Also, Mrs. Jones said she saw him do it. See Jone
Deposition (Exhibit 9)."
Later in the document:
"Again, Mr. Smith admitted he was guilty. See Smith Deposition (Exhibi
8). Dr. Black also said Mr. Smith's fingerprints were at the scene.
See Black Deposition (Exhibit 10)."
Still later in the document:
"There is substantial evidence of Mr. Smith's guilt. See, e.g. Blac
Deposition (Exhibit 10); see also Jones Deposition (Exhibit 9).
I want all the exhibit numbers in the above example to be fields tha
update automatically depending on the order in which the document i
first discussed. For example, if I decided that I wanted to add th
Cohen Deposition before the Jones Deposition, I want the Cohe
Deposition to be Exhibit 9, the Jones Deposition to be automaticall
updated to Exhibit 10, the Black Deposition to Exhibit 11, etc.
Further, I want all references to the Jones and Black Depositions to b
automatically changed to refer to Exhibits 10 and 11 respectively.
Less ideal, but still very useful, would be if I could create a list o
references, and assign them exhibit numbers. For example, if I have 5
exhibits, I'd create 50 references, and manually assign them exhibi
numbers. I tried tinkering with the bibliography feature in Word t
accomplish this, but failed miserably.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions
autonumber/autoletter them with the ability to cross-reference the
later on.
Searching around revealed that you can use captions, but I can't get th
caption label to behave the way I want it to--it always ends u
including all the text in the paragraph in which the caption i
inserted. Also, our exhibits are not part of the word document itself
but are typically separate PDFs...
Currently, the problems that tend to arise are:
1) Last-minute changes create anomalous numbering. For example, I migh
realize that I want to add another exhibit between 8 and 9. Typically
we'd just use the next available exhibit number, even if it'
out-of-order. E.g.: "At his deposition, Mr. Smith said he was guilty.
See Smith Deposition (Exhibit 8). [Added text: Also, Ms. Cohen said h
wasn't at work. See Cohen Deposition (Exhibit 30).] Also, Mrs. Jone
said she saw him do it. See Jones Deposition (Exhibit 9)." Deleting a
exhibit entirely is even more problematic, for obvious reasons.
2) Any change to an exhibit number requires manually going through th
document and updating all references to that exhibit.
Ideally, I want to be able to accomplish the following:
"At his deposition, Mr. Smith said he was guilty. See Smith Depositio
(Exhibit 8). Also, Mrs. Jones said she saw him do it. See Jone
Deposition (Exhibit 9)."
Later in the document:
"Again, Mr. Smith admitted he was guilty. See Smith Deposition (Exhibi
8). Dr. Black also said Mr. Smith's fingerprints were at the scene.
See Black Deposition (Exhibit 10)."
Still later in the document:
"There is substantial evidence of Mr. Smith's guilt. See, e.g. Blac
Deposition (Exhibit 10); see also Jones Deposition (Exhibit 9).
I want all the exhibit numbers in the above example to be fields tha
update automatically depending on the order in which the document i
first discussed. For example, if I decided that I wanted to add th
Cohen Deposition before the Jones Deposition, I want the Cohe
Deposition to be Exhibit 9, the Jones Deposition to be automaticall
updated to Exhibit 10, the Black Deposition to Exhibit 11, etc.
Further, I want all references to the Jones and Black Depositions to b
automatically changed to refer to Exhibits 10 and 11 respectively.
Less ideal, but still very useful, would be if I could create a list o
references, and assign them exhibit numbers. For example, if I have 5
exhibits, I'd create 50 references, and manually assign them exhibi
numbers. I tried tinkering with the bibliography feature in Word t
accomplish this, but failed miserably.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions