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Subject:Re: help- word and toc From:David Knopf <david -at- KNOPF -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 20 Aug 1998 10:01:26 -0700
Cyndy Davis wrote:
| I'm hoping someone out there has a solution to this problem since
| Microsoft's web site is of no help.
|
| I am trying to create a table of contents for several documents.
| If I generate a TOC at the end of the doc and then cut and paste
| it into a new document, Word wants to update the fields when I
| print. Since Word can't find the fields (they are in seperate
| docs) it displays the 'Error bookmark not defined' error message.
|
| Is there a way to convert a generated item to text (i.e. Frame's
| "convert to text" command for cross references)?
Sure. Select the field (generated item) and press CTRL+SHIFT+F9.
