Word 2002-Page breaks before cross-references

[Kerry]

I'm using Word 2002. Before some of my cross-references
there are paragraph symbols that cause page breaks. My
document uses both left and right justification; prior to
some of the cross references that have paragraph symbols
before them, the text is spread out very oddly and then
the page breaks. I have removed all cross-references and
reinserted them. After I've worked in document, suddenly
I notice that I have page breaks before some references
again.

 

[John Nurick]

Hi Kerry,

Many crossreferences (e.g. to captions) use hidden bookmarks in the text
to mark the source of the reference.

If there's a paragraph mark before a bookmark, and you start typing
immediately after the paragraph mark (as one naturally does if one wants
to add another paragraph of text before a caption or heading), anything
you type is added to the bookmarked text, and therefore - when the { REF
} field that actually generates the cross-reference is updated - to the
crossreference.

Re-making the cross-reference creates a new bookmark, so all is well -
until you do some more editing.

The only way round it I know is always to start at the end of the
preceding paragraph and hit Enter to create a new paragraph to type
into. That way, what you type doesn't affect the bookmark.

I'm using Word 2002. Before some of my cross-references
there are paragraph symbols that cause page breaks. My
document uses both left and right justification; prior to
some of the cross references that have paragraph symbols
before them, the text is spread out very oddly and then
the page breaks. I have removed all cross-references and
reinserted them. After I've worked in document, suddenly
I notice that I have page breaks before some references
again.

John Nurick [Microsoft Access MVP]

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