Darrell,
Here is my experience w/Word 2003 on Win.XP. For the MERGEFORMAT to work,
you must first apply the formatting that you want to the cross ref's - for
example, a "Link" character style that you have created. (If you want the
cross ref's to be just plain text, click Clear Formatting in the Styles &
Formatting pane.)
If you apply the character style from the Formatting toolbar or the Styles &
Formatting pane, then MERGEFORMAT should be added to the field
'automagically' to the field. (To check, view field codes -- press Alt+F9 --
the MERGEFORMAT should "pop in" to the code as soon as you apply the char.
formatting, then click in the doc.) Note that if you use a keyboard shortcut
to apply the character style, MERGEFORMAT is <not> added automatically to the
field. :-(
It also cannot be applied to the field on a search/replace of the REF field
definition. You can s/r the field definition to include the MERGEFORMAT code
after your REF details, but a replacement char. style will not be applied in
the actual reference. Weird. To s/r the REF contents, view them with Alt+F9,
copy what's there. For example, { REF mybookmark \h }. Replace this with:
REF mybookmark \h \* MERGEFORMAT
Include 2 spaces after the last switch/before the \* and include a space at
the end.
In the future, instead of inserting cross ref's to a bookmark, you can
insert a REF field and include the options you want, e.g. hyperlink to para.
-- and also check "Preserve formatting during updates." That = MERGEFORMAT.
You'll still need to apply the char. formatting that you want.
Hope this isn't too long & convoluted.
