problem with cross-reference captioning

[howard miller]

Hi all. I have over 100 images in a document. Just added
a caption to each one so that I can add a cross-reference
to that image in the document text. However, several
times when adding the cross-reference, Word starts the
cross-reference on a new page. If I backspace in front of
the cross-ref I added, everything moves back to it's
original location. However, updating or saving then
reopening, finds that that caption cross-ref is again on a
new page. This is most frustrating, and I cannot as yet
find the cause.

Any ideas????

Thanks in advance!

Howard Miller

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word]]

Howard:

It sounds to me as though the cross-reference is pulling in a page break
because your bookmark includes one.

This would happen if you used a hard page break immediately before the
figure caption with no paragraph in between. The page break becomes part of
the front of the caption, and is thus included in the bookmark.

Instead of using a page break to throw pictures to the next page, try using
Keep With Next on the paragraphs to ensure that Word puts the picture where
you want it.

And turn on your paragraph markers and work in Normal View so that you can
see what you are doing Normal View shows you a whole lot of things that
you can't see in Page Layout View

Generally, Word's pagination works best if you use paragraph flow properties
to tell Word where you DON'T want a page break, rather than using page
breaks to tell it where you do want one. Using paragraph properties makes
your pagination automatic, so you don't have to fiddle and fix every time
you print.

Cheers

Hi all. I have over 100 images in a document. Just added
a caption to each one so that I can add a cross-reference
to that image in the document text. However, several
times when adding the cross-reference, Word starts the
cross-reference on a new page. If I backspace in front of
the cross-ref I added, everything moves back to it's
original location. However, updating or saving then
reopening, finds that that caption cross-ref is again on a
new page. This is most frustrating, and I cannot as yet
find the cause.

Any ideas????

Thanks in advance!

Howard Miller

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