Alvaro Deibe Diaz wrote:

>>> no floats with cross-refferences,
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>> This is one I don't understand. You've said that before. So far, I
>> haven't had problems with cross-references in Word.=20
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> I'll try to explain. Sorry if my english is not up to the task. I call
> "float" an entity that can be placed anywhere in the document, and is
> not in the normal text flow. This can be done wonderfully with text
> boxes in Word. One typical float I use would have a graphic in it, with
> a title for it in the bottom, saying something like "Illustration 1:
> Representation of a vectorial space".=20

I don't use text boxes for that. Illustrations (and other inserted
graphical elements) have pretty much all the placement options of text
boxes. So when I add an illustration, I just set the positioning and text
flow properties how I want them and add a caption (typically "Figure 3:
Position Switch Wiring" or something like that). Then I can use this in
references.

> BUT Word can not do it if the original refference is INSIDE a text box.=
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I've never really had the need to place anything I had to refer to inside=
 a
text box. As I said above, illustrations usually don't have to be. But ye=
s,
this seems to be one of the inconsistencies that can drive you crazy.

> Things like this make the newcommer puzzle, and dessesperate.=20

Word definitely could be quite a bit better structured and documented.


> I need even three inserts, to get the page number in the refference (th=
e
> page refference is useful if you are refferencing an objet several page=
s
> away; it does it easier for the reader to find the reference). I use ma=
cros
> to place all this stuff at once. You can touch up the VBA code of the m=
acro
> to fine tune it to your needs. This gives you a little more power. The =
VBA
> code to insert a cross refference goes something like this:
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> Selection.InsertCrossReference
>   ReferenceType:=3D"Ilustraci=F3n", _
>   ReferenceKind:=3DwdOnlyLabelAndNumber, _
>   ReferenceItem:=3D"1", _
>   InsertAsHyperlink:=3DTrue, _
>   IncludePosition:=3DFalse, _
>   SeparateNumbers:=3DFalse, _
>   SeparatorString:=3D" " _
>   Selection.TypeText Text:=3D": "

Thanks! Just out of curiosity: here everything is in English. Yet above y=
ou
talked about the "marco". Do you have a mix of English and Spanish names
for things inside Word?

Gerhard

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