Re: Using Cross-References in Text Boxes

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From: John McGhie [MVP - Word] (john_at_mcghie.name)
Date: 04/23/04 

Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 19:09:02 +1000

Hi Charles:

This responds to article <OlkdHw6JEHA.1192@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl>, from
"Charles Kenyon" <msnewsgroup@remove.no.spam.addbalance.com> on 22/4/04
12:21 AM:

> 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.

Try those, and come back here :-)

That's my point: you can't use those fields in a text box :-)

Send me an email will you Charles, I have a message for you...

Cheers 

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