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Fwd: This is the sound of me beating my head against my desk
Subject:Fwd: This is the sound of me beating my head against my desk From:Steve Hudson <sh1448291904 -at- gmail -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Sun, 21 Dec 2014 21:49:57 +1100
You could always try a Maggie, it never hurts to make sure your doc is as
clean as possible. New school: save doc as xml, exit doc, reload xml doc,
save as doc again. Old school, cuttenpaste everything except the last
paragraph mark to a new document as per below.
Ctrl + A
Left Arrow
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Steve Hudson
Word Heresy
On 20 December 2014 at 07:52, Margaret Cekis <Margaret -dot- Cekis -at- comcast -dot- net>
wrote:
> Eva Whitley complained about a nasty word quirk:
> So why, under the appendices, can I only cross-reference Appendices 6-10,
> but not 1-5? I've tried pasting the style, using continue list...nothing. I
> even shut down my computer (and Word) and brought it back up again.
> Nothing.I'm using Word 2010."
> _____________________________________________________
> Eva:
> I've run into problems with numbered Word headings in appendices more than
> once. The kludge I've use is to use heading levels 6 through 9, setting up
> Heading 6 as a Heading A-1 in the appendix, Heading 7 as Heading A-1.1,
> etc.
> You have to use the built-in heading levels for the cross refs and
> automated
> TOC macros to work properly, and you have to set up your ToC with heading 6
> at level 1, heading 7 at level 2, etc. HTH
> Margaret Cekis, Johns Creek GA
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