Re: Using Cross-References in Text Boxes

From: Charles Kenyon (msnewsgroup_at_remove.no.spam.addbalance.com)
Date: 04/21/04 

Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 09:21:53 -0500

No disagreement with your advice, just with some of the "dicta." I agree
that frames might be preferable, but I have used fields in text boxes
including merge fields, date fields, and AutoText fields. Reaching them to
force an update is a pain, but they do seem to update upon document creation
from a template. Haven't tried REF fields or even StyleRef. 

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"John McGhie [MVP - Word]" <john@mcghie.name> wrote in message
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> Hi Tanya:
>
> No.  A limitation of text boxes is that they are in the "Graphics Story"
of
> the document.  They are not in the "Text".  So fields and cross-references
> and numbering do not work in them.
>
> You may be able to change the Text Boxes for "Frames".  Select the text
box
> then right-click it and choose Properties.  Look around in that dialog for
a
> button in the bottom right corner of one of the tabs that says "Convert to
> Frame".  Click it.
>
> A Frame enables many of the same facilities as a text box, but it *is* in
> the text layer and field objects *do* work within it.
>
> Cheers
>
>
> This responds to article <19c501c426f1$fb130cc0$a601280a@phx.gbl>, from
> "Tanya Davis" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> on 21/4/04 2:10 AM:
>
> > The cross-references in my document do not update, but
> > when I click the link they do go to the right text in the
> > document.  The cross-reference will not update with the
> > correct page number.  My question:  Can I update cross-
> > references in text boxes?
>
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