Referring to first/last item on page in Word

[Dianne Phelan <dphelan -at- MANTOS -dot- COM>]

This is being posted to both TECHWR-L and WORD-PC.

In Word, to refer (in a header or footer) to the contents of
the FIRST instance of a particular style on a page (for
example, a Heading 1):

        From the menu, select:

                Insert--Field

        In the Field dialog, in the Field Codes box, type:

                styleref Heading 1

        and press Return or click OK.

        (or, to go the long way around, select Categories: Links and
        References, Field Names: StyleRef, select Options button,
        Styles tab, select your style name, Add to Field button, OK,
        and OK.)

        This inserts a field that looks like this if you are showing
        field codes (instead of results):

                { STYLEREF Heading 1 \*MERGEFORMAT }


To refer to the contents of the LAST instance on the page, add
a \l (that's a small L) switch:

        Insert--Field
        styleref Heading 1 \l


To refer to just the paragraph numbering associated with the style:

        Insert--Field
        styleref Heading 1 \n


For example, if your Heading 1 style has paragraph numbers

        (set up paragraph numbers by doing Format--Style,
        select style name, Modify button, Format button,
        Numbering, Numbered tab, select a numbering format, OK,
        OK, Close)

        and your page contains

                Heading 1       1. Once upon a time
                Heading 1       2. A lot of stuff happened
                Heading 1       3. Happily ever after

        then inserting the following fields in your header or
        footer would produce these results:

                styleref Heading 1         1. Once upon a time
                styleref Heading 1 \n      1.
                styleref Heading 1 \l      3. Happily ever after
                styleref Heading 1 \l\n    3.

This isn't in the printed manual, just the online help (under
STYLEREF field).



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