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Subject:Re: When good x-refs go bad From:Steven Jong <SteveFJong -at- comcast -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 8 Jan 2004 07:58:09 -0500
I've suffered from this problem as well--I even sent a book to review
with a bad cross-reference that turned into a block of text complete
with a figure! At least when a cross-reference goes bad, it's apparent.
Looking back on it, I suppose it would be a good idea to set the
display of fields to "Always" and scan your document to make sure
nothing unwanted is happening.
