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Subject:RE: Word X-refs without punctuation From:"Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com> To:"'Chinell, David F \(GE Indust, Security\)'" <David -dot- Chinell -at- GE -dot- com>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:09:30 -0400
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> Bonnie raises a good point. I putzed around with your situation some
> more. Sure enough when I customize the outline numbering so it doesn't
> include a trailing colon (I have to type it in) the x-ref dialog box
> shows that space and all is well in the x-ref that's created.
>
You don't need to do that, though, when you use built-in headings. The
cross-reference dialog box just takes the text before the colon and even
inserts one for you to SEE that's what it's doing.
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