Re: auto-updating links (for book ms.)

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From: John McGhie [MVP - Word] (john_at_mcghie.name)
Date: 04/19/04

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    Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 18:09:59 +1000

    Hi Ronald:

    You do not need to worry: the links update automatically in this
    circumstance, because if they did not the document would contain no text and
    the TOC could not be generated.

    So the reason the control is greyed out is because Word can't work any other
    way. Word 2004 does fix a few of these annoying interface bugs: Word X was
    a bit of a rush job.

    Cheers

    This responds to article <m2fzb2cpya.fsf@auda.18james.com>, from "Ronald
    Florence" <ron@18james.com> on 18/4/04 6:25 AM:

    > Dayo Mitchell <dayomitchell_1997@NOhotmailSPAM.com.invalid> writes:
    >
    >> Hmm. Same behavior here. There is also an option under Prefs | General,
    >> "update automatic links at Open" you could see if that helps (though it
    >> doesn't for me). Help appears to suggest automatic updating is the default,
    >> but must be lying.
    >>
    >> You could force it with a macro in the document's template to update all
    >> fields on opening, it seems.
    >
    > Thanks. It appears that Office.X doesn't work as the documentation
    > says it should. For now, Command-clicking on all of the links and
    > doing an "update now" seems the best workaround. Of course, ms-word
    > then requires that the table of contents be rebuilt. I do wish
    > Microsoft would pay some attention to the needs of book and other long
    > ms. writers. Or maybe the new 2004 version will fix these bugs.
    >
    > Thanks again for the speedy reply and regards, 

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