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  #1  
Old July 6th, 2006, 04:27 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.tables
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hi all,

office 2003 pro sp2, wxp pro sp2,

large documents (300+ pages and increasing) numerous figures and tables. i
wonder whether there is a way to link a mention of the table within the text
to the table itself. what i mean and what i want to achieve:

for example, the text would say, "...the salient points of the distribution
can be found in Table 1." what i want to do is to enable a reader when they
click on Table 1 within the text, to be able to get to Table 1 itself (which
may be some pages away).

which then brings me to my second want: is there a way to automatically
numbered the tables so that for example if i moved Table 3, 4, and 5 to below
Table 6, 7, and 8, the table numbering would automatically re-ordered
themselves, and not only that the in-text citations of these tables would
also changed.

manually doing them at the moment and it is slowing down the work speed.
would appreciate help, advice.

thanks,
jes
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Old July 6th, 2006, 05:28 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.tables
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Insert Reference Cross Reference Table

This assumes that you used Insert Reference Caption to add a caption to
your table.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!

My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.


"xppuser" wrote in message
...
hi all,

office 2003 pro sp2, wxp pro sp2,

large documents (300+ pages and increasing) numerous figures and tables. i
wonder whether there is a way to link a mention of the table within the
text
to the table itself. what i mean and what i want to achieve:

for example, the text would say, "...the salient points of the
distribution
can be found in Table 1." what i want to do is to enable a reader when
they
click on Table 1 within the text, to be able to get to Table 1 itself
(which
may be some pages away).

which then brings me to my second want: is there a way to automatically
numbered the tables so that for example if i moved Table 3, 4, and 5 to
below
Table 6, 7, and 8, the table numbering would automatically re-ordered
themselves, and not only that the in-text citations of these tables would
also changed.

manually doing them at the moment and it is slowing down the work speed.
would appreciate help, advice.

thanks,
jes



  #3  
Old July 6th, 2006, 05:33 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.tables
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Default linking and sequential numbering of tables

Wow! You're creating a 300-page document and haven't discovered Insert |
Reference | Caption and Insert | Reference | Cross-reference: Insert as
hyperlink?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"xppuser" wrote in message
...
hi all,

office 2003 pro sp2, wxp pro sp2,

large documents (300+ pages and increasing) numerous figures and tables. i
wonder whether there is a way to link a mention of the table within the

text
to the table itself. what i mean and what i want to achieve:

for example, the text would say, "...the salient points of the

distribution
can be found in Table 1." what i want to do is to enable a reader when

they
click on Table 1 within the text, to be able to get to Table 1 itself

(which
may be some pages away).

which then brings me to my second want: is there a way to automatically
numbered the tables so that for example if i moved Table 3, 4, and 5 to

below
Table 6, 7, and 8, the table numbering would automatically re-ordered
themselves, and not only that the in-text citations of these tables would
also changed.

manually doing them at the moment and it is slowing down the work speed.
would appreciate help, advice.

thanks,
jes


  #4  
Old July 6th, 2006, 07:04 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.tables
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hi guys (charles and suzanne),

i know word 2003 is supposed to be a productivity tools but never imagined
that learning the more deeper functions (such as the one that i presummed i
am seeking) would be worth the effort to begin with. it is only know that i
am beginning to question the wisdom not learning it to begin with, but then i
thought there is probably no point learning something that you are not going
to end-up using as then you would have forgotten about them.

at the moment, i suppose you could liken it to beating or punishing myself,
i find it more and more hard going jiggling things (Tables and Figures). i
have used headings with the view of generating table of contents but that
about as far as into the 'advanced' stuffs of word 2003 at the moment.

suzanne, yes i am creating this document (now on p. 359) without knowing all
that and beginning to find it really, really hard-going. i probably would
never know how much easier it would be if i know most of the word 2003
functions but next time, if ever i am 'lucked-out' to create another similar
documents i would be a little bit wiser :-).

i'll try the suggestions and come back to you guys. additionally, would you
be able to tell me also how to generate an index (assuming it is possible at
this late stage), you know like the one you find at the end of a book, in the
last few pages?

thanks,
jes

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Wow! You're creating a 300-page document and haven't discovered Insert |
Reference | Caption and Insert | Reference | Cross-reference: Insert as
hyperlink?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"xppuser" wrote in message
...
hi all,

office 2003 pro sp2, wxp pro sp2,

large documents (300+ pages and increasing) numerous figures and tables. i
wonder whether there is a way to link a mention of the table within the

text
to the table itself. what i mean and what i want to achieve:

for example, the text would say, "...the salient points of the

distribution
can be found in Table 1." what i want to do is to enable a reader when

they
click on Table 1 within the text, to be able to get to Table 1 itself

(which
may be some pages away).

which then brings me to my second want: is there a way to automatically
numbered the tables so that for example if i moved Table 3, 4, and 5 to

below
Table 6, 7, and 8, the table numbering would automatically re-ordered
themselves, and not only that the in-text citations of these tables would
also changed.

manually doing them at the moment and it is slowing down the work speed.
would appreciate help, advice.

thanks,
jes



  #5  
Old July 6th, 2006, 09:27 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.tables
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Luckily, an index is *not* something you have to think about setting up as
you go along (although you certainly could), as it's really something you
*want* to do at the end. See
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/Createindex.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"xppuser" wrote in message
...
hi guys (charles and suzanne),

i know word 2003 is supposed to be a productivity tools but never imagined
that learning the more deeper functions (such as the one that i presummed

i
am seeking) would be worth the effort to begin with. it is only know that

i
am beginning to question the wisdom not learning it to begin with, but

then i
thought there is probably no point learning something that you are not

going
to end-up using as then you would have forgotten about them.

at the moment, i suppose you could liken it to beating or punishing

myself,
i find it more and more hard going jiggling things (Tables and Figures). i
have used headings with the view of generating table of contents but that
about as far as into the 'advanced' stuffs of word 2003 at the moment.

suzanne, yes i am creating this document (now on p. 359) without knowing

all
that and beginning to find it really, really hard-going. i probably would
never know how much easier it would be if i know most of the word 2003
functions but next time, if ever i am 'lucked-out' to create another

similar
documents i would be a little bit wiser :-).

i'll try the suggestions and come back to you guys. additionally, would

you
be able to tell me also how to generate an index (assuming it is possible

at
this late stage), you know like the one you find at the end of a book, in

the
last few pages?

thanks,
jes

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Wow! You're creating a 300-page document and haven't discovered Insert |
Reference | Caption and Insert | Reference | Cross-reference: Insert as
hyperlink?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the

newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"xppuser" wrote in message
...
hi all,

office 2003 pro sp2, wxp pro sp2,

large documents (300+ pages and increasing) numerous figures and

tables. i
wonder whether there is a way to link a mention of the table within

the
text
to the table itself. what i mean and what i want to achieve:

for example, the text would say, "...the salient points of the

distribution
can be found in Table 1." what i want to do is to enable a reader when

they
click on Table 1 within the text, to be able to get to Table 1 itself

(which
may be some pages away).

which then brings me to my second want: is there a way to

automatically
numbered the tables so that for example if i moved Table 3, 4, and 5

to
below
Table 6, 7, and 8, the table numbering would automatically re-ordered
themselves, and not only that the in-text citations of these tables

would
also changed.

manually doing them at the moment and it is slowing down the work

speed.
would appreciate help, advice.

thanks,
jes




  #6  
Old July 7th, 2006, 11:56 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.tables
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suzanne, charles,

just an update, insert - reference - caption and insert - reference -
cross-reference for the tables worked. it is quite tedious that i have to go
through my document from top to bottom to caption'd and cross-reference all
the tables. hopefully it will help in the long run.

can i presumed that they (caption and cross-reference) would work as well
for the figures in my document (i saw the figure option)?

suzanne, thanks for the indexing link. did not realised that it can be that
involved.

regards,
jes

  #7  
Old July 7th, 2006, 12:43 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.tables
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suzanne, charles,

just a thought; i noticed that with captioning, it comes with it's own set
of formatting. at the very least, captioning emboldened the table title (i
believe the technical jargon/term for the table 'title' would be 'label' in
the context of captioning). i wonder though whether imposing additional
formatting e.g. un-bolding and changing the font size/type to comply with
requirement would ruin the linking/captioning?

thanks again,
jes


  #8  
Old July 7th, 2006, 01:34 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.tables
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Modify the caption Style. Do not change each caption directly. Changing the
look of captions won't change the ability to cross-reference them. Changing
to a different Style might, I haven't tried. I've never used the insert
caption feature, except to answer your question. I have used the Insert
Cross Reference feature, though, and was aware that "Caption" was one of the
kinds of things with which cross-references could be used.

I'm going to give you the list of links and the spiel I give to people
coming to Word from Word Perfect. Invest some time learning to use Word well
if you are going to be using it. Doing so will repay you in both time and
satisfaction very quickly. A great starting place is
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/conc...ion/index.html.

Here is some general info on moving from Word Perfect to Word:

Word and Word Perfect work very differently from one another. Each program's
methods have strengths and weaknesses; but, if you try to use one of these
programs as if it were the other, it is like pushing on a string! You can
easily make a lot of extra work for yourself. In the (short) long term
(weeks rather than years) spending the time to learn Word will save you time
if you are spending any time at all (more than an hour a day) using Word.

See http://www.addbalance.com/word/wordperfect.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ordPerfect.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...AndGotchas.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/RevealCodes.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...Converters.htm
for information on Word for Word Perfect users.

For mo
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart2.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart1.htm
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/bull...olbullets.html
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Number...gExplained.htm
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...latesStore.htm


Function Keys

In Word 2000 (or later) You can get the function keys to display in a
special toolbar at the bottom of the screen if you want (something like
pressing F3 twice in WP). The following macro will do this.
Sub ShowMeFunctionKeys()
Commandbars("Function Key Display").Visible = True
End Sub

Word's Extend key (F8) gives something similar to block processing.


Formatting and Styles

Learn about Styles - really learn!
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm I resisted for years and now
regret every day of those years because although that string was still very
hard to push, it kept getting longer and longer, and had some very important
projects tied to it! Once you understand styles and the Word concept of
organizing things into Chinese boxes everything falls into place and instead
of pushing a string, you can push a button that turns on the very powerful
text processing machine known as Microsoft Word and it will start doing your
work for you instead of running around behind you trying to undo what you
just thought you did.


Converting documents Word / Word Perfect

Some special characters in Word Perfect documents don't convert well to
Word. There is a macro to assist with this described at
http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/...html#macroword and can be found
at http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/WPSymbolConv.bas.
This was prepared by Edward Mendelson.
Otherwise, look at the macro from http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=212396
Use these on _copies_!

As for converting documents from Word Perfect to _use_ in Word... In a word,
don't plan on it. I would not recommend using converted documents long-term.
They will be filled with formatting anomolies that will get you at the worst
time. This is especially true of any documents containing automatic
numbering or bullets. Try recreating form documents in Word using the
following process:
In Word Perfect (if you still have it, in Word if not) save your files as
text files.
Use your converted files as references to show you how you want your
formatting to look.
Create a new document in Word and insert the text from the text file. Save
this new document as a Word template. Format it the way you want using
styles, not direct formatting. Save it again.
To use a template within Word, use File = New and pick your template. This
will create a new document for you.

Merge documents have special problems and should be recreated from text
files or retyped in Word. To convert data files, consider generating labels
in WP as a document, converting that to Word, and then using
http://www.gmayor.com/convert_labels...mail_merge.htm to get a new Word
data file.

Note that conversions usually do create documents that look passable and
print OK; the problems I'm referring to have to do with editing / making
changes, that is, using the documents long-term. (See below on reusing
documents vs. using templates.)

Conversion back to Word Perfect: There is a problem (in addition to the ones
mentioned for conversion _to_ Word) with Version 2002 (XP) and later of
Word. The conversion file only works for conversion _to_ Word, not from Word
to Word Perfect! Earlier versions went both ways. To fix this, you need to
find the old conversion file WPFT532.CNV from a Word 97 or Word 2000
installation and copy it to your new installation, replacing the file of the
same name. Note, the change making the file one-way was done as a security
measure. While I don't know of any problems the old file causes, keep the
new installation's file somewhere as a backup just in case.


Menus and AutoFormat as you type

Turn off the adaptive menus (display full menus all the time). This is under
Tools Customize Options. Also, I recommend that under Tools
AutoCorrect Options AutoFormat as you type that all options under "Apply
as you type" and "Automatically as you type" be turned off.


Boilerplate and Forms

In WP a lot of people use macros to hold chunks of text - boilerplate. In
Word this function is filled by Templates, AutoText and AutoCorrect, not
macros. Follow the links at
http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebre...s.htm#AutoText for more
information on these tools.

You can use FILLIN and ASK fields or UserForms to query the user. For more
about online forms, follow the links at
http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially Dian
Chapman's series of articles. You may also want to look at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nesInForms.htm.



Letterhead

How to set up letterhead or some other document where you want one header
(or no header) on the first page and a different header on other pages.
http://www.addbalance.com/word/headersfooters.htm This gives step-by-step
instructions. (This page also has the following links)

Some other pages to look at:

Letterhead Tips and Instructions
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Letterhead.htm

Letterhead Textboxes and Styles tutorial
http://addbalance.com/word/download....StylesTutorial
(for simulating different margins on different pages, among other things)



Reusing Documents vs. Using templates

General practice in WP is to have a document and copy and edit it to create
a new document. This is not good practice in Word. In Word, construct a
good, tight, template for your documents and use that template when
constructing new documents. Among other things, this can avoid embarrassing
"metadata" (http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/metadata.htm) and things
like surprise headers and footers from creeping into new documents.


Sharing normal.dot - centralizing normal.dot

It is tempting to try to share customizations and regularize processes by
sharing normal.dot. Do not do this! See
http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm and
http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm for ideas on sharing
customizations.


It's a lot of reading, I know. It's OK to chunk it down and do a bit each
day, but I would recommend that you make it a top priority to do that bit
each day. In the (short) long run, it will save you both time and grief.
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs which is awesome!

My criminal law site: http://addbalance.com
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.



"xppuser" wrote in message
...
suzanne, charles,

just a thought; i noticed that with captioning, it comes with it's own set
of formatting. at the very least, captioning emboldened the table title (i
believe the technical jargon/term for the table 'title' would be 'label'
in
the context of captioning). i wonder though whether imposing additional
formatting e.g. un-bolding and changing the font size/type to comply with
requirement would ruin the linking/captioning?

thanks again,
jes




  #9  
Old July 7th, 2006, 03:47 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.tables
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'wow' thanks for these pointers and the macro, charles. will have to find
time in-between and after doing this document to rattle through them. for
now, i will leave the caption formatting style untouched.

regards,
jes

  #10  
Old July 7th, 2006, 04:13 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.tables
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You can modify the Caption style; you can also create your own different
styles for figure and table captions/titles and apply them. They will not
affect the numbering (which is created by a SEQ field) or the ability to
cross-reference, but they will affect how you create a Table of Figures or
List of Tables, since the TOF feature by default (AIUI) looks for paragraphs
in the Caption style. You can, however, specify the style it picks up, so
there still shouldn't be any problem.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Charles Kenyon" wrote in message
...
Modify the caption Style. Do not change each caption directly. Changing

the
look of captions won't change the ability to cross-reference them.

Changing
to a different Style might, I haven't tried. I've never used the insert
caption feature, except to answer your question. I have used the Insert
Cross Reference feature, though, and was aware that "Caption" was one of

the
kinds of things with which cross-references could be used.

I'm going to give you the list of links and the spiel I give to people
coming to Word from Word Perfect. Invest some time learning to use Word

well
if you are going to be using it. Doing so will repay you in both time and
satisfaction very quickly. A great starting place is
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/conc...ion/index.html.

Here is some general info on moving from Word Perfect to Word:

Word and Word Perfect work very differently from one another. Each

program's
methods have strengths and weaknesses; but, if you try to use one of these
programs as if it were the other, it is like pushing on a string! You can
easily make a lot of extra work for yourself. In the (short) long term
(weeks rather than years) spending the time to learn Word will save you

time
if you are spending any time at all (more than an hour a day) using Word.

See http://www.addbalance.com/word/wordperfect.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ordPerfect.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...AndGotchas.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/RevealCodes.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...Converters.htm
for information on Word for Word Perfect users.

For mo
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart2.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart1.htm
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/bull...olbullets.html
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Number...gExplained.htm
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...latesStore.htm


Function Keys

In Word 2000 (or later) You can get the function keys to display in a
special toolbar at the bottom of the screen if you want (something like
pressing F3 twice in WP). The following macro will do this.
Sub ShowMeFunctionKeys()
Commandbars("Function Key Display").Visible = True
End Sub

Word's Extend key (F8) gives something similar to block processing.


Formatting and Styles

Learn about Styles - really learn!
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm I resisted for years and

now
regret every day of those years because although that string was still

very
hard to push, it kept getting longer and longer, and had some very

important
projects tied to it! Once you understand styles and the Word concept of
organizing things into Chinese boxes everything falls into place and

instead
of pushing a string, you can push a button that turns on the very powerful
text processing machine known as Microsoft Word and it will start doing

your
work for you instead of running around behind you trying to undo what you
just thought you did.


Converting documents Word / Word Perfect

Some special characters in Word Perfect documents don't convert well to
Word. There is a macro to assist with this described at
http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/...html#macroword and can be

found
at http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/WPSymbolConv.bas.
This was prepared by Edward Mendelson.
Otherwise, look at the macro from

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=212396
Use these on _copies_!

As for converting documents from Word Perfect to _use_ in Word... In a

word,
don't plan on it. I would not recommend using converted documents

long-term.
They will be filled with formatting anomolies that will get you at the

worst
time. This is especially true of any documents containing automatic
numbering or bullets. Try recreating form documents in Word using the
following process:
In Word Perfect (if you still have it, in Word if not) save your files as
text files.
Use your converted files as references to show you how you want your
formatting to look.
Create a new document in Word and insert the text from the text file. Save
this new document as a Word template. Format it the way you want using
styles, not direct formatting. Save it again.
To use a template within Word, use File = New and pick your template.

This
will create a new document for you.

Merge documents have special problems and should be recreated from text
files or retyped in Word. To convert data files, consider generating

labels
in WP as a document, converting that to Word, and then using
http://www.gmayor.com/convert_labels...mail_merge.htm to get a new Word
data file.

Note that conversions usually do create documents that look passable and
print OK; the problems I'm referring to have to do with editing / making
changes, that is, using the documents long-term. (See below on reusing
documents vs. using templates.)

Conversion back to Word Perfect: There is a problem (in addition to the

ones
mentioned for conversion _to_ Word) with Version 2002 (XP) and later of
Word. The conversion file only works for conversion _to_ Word, not from

Word
to Word Perfect! Earlier versions went both ways. To fix this, you need to
find the old conversion file WPFT532.CNV from a Word 97 or Word 2000
installation and copy it to your new installation, replacing the file of

the
same name. Note, the change making the file one-way was done as a security
measure. While I don't know of any problems the old file causes, keep the
new installation's file somewhere as a backup just in case.


Menus and AutoFormat as you type

Turn off the adaptive menus (display full menus all the time). This is

under
Tools Customize Options. Also, I recommend that under Tools
AutoCorrect Options AutoFormat as you type that all options under "Apply
as you type" and "Automatically as you type" be turned off.


Boilerplate and Forms

In WP a lot of people use macros to hold chunks of text - boilerplate. In
Word this function is filled by Templates, AutoText and AutoCorrect, not
macros. Follow the links at
http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebre...s.htm#AutoText for more
information on these tools.

You can use FILLIN and ASK fields or UserForms to query the user. For more
about online forms, follow the links at
http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially

Dian
Chapman's series of articles. You may also want to look at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nesInForms.htm.



Letterhead

How to set up letterhead or some other document where you want one header
(or no header) on the first page and a different header on other pages.
http://www.addbalance.com/word/headersfooters.htm This gives step-by-step
instructions. (This page also has the following links)

Some other pages to look at:

Letterhead Tips and Instructions
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Letterhead.htm

Letterhead Textboxes and Styles tutorial

http://addbalance.com/word/download....StylesTutorial
(for simulating different margins on different pages, among other things)



Reusing Documents vs. Using templates

General practice in WP is to have a document and copy and edit it to

create
a new document. This is not good practice in Word. In Word, construct a
good, tight, template for your documents and use that template when
constructing new documents. Among other things, this can avoid

embarrassing
"metadata" (http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/metadata.htm) and things
like surprise headers and footers from creeping into new documents.


Sharing normal.dot - centralizing normal.dot

It is tempting to try to share customizations and regularize processes by
sharing normal.dot. Do not do this! See
http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm and
http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm for ideas on sharing
customizations.


It's a lot of reading, I know. It's OK to chunk it down and do a bit each
day, but I would recommend that you make it a top priority to do that bit
each day. In the (short) long run, it will save you both time and grief.
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs which is awesome!

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"xppuser" wrote in message
...
suzanne, charles,

just a thought; i noticed that with captioning, it comes with it's own

set
of formatting. at the very least, captioning emboldened the table title

(i
believe the technical jargon/term for the table 'title' would be 'label'
in
the context of captioning). i wonder though whether imposing additional
formatting e.g. un-bolding and changing the font size/type to comply

with
requirement would ruin the linking/captioning?

thanks again,
jes





 




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