Changing format of cross references

Thanks for the quick response, Stefan. Looks like we'll go with that -
slightly less elegant, but hey, whatever works!

Cheers,
Joel

On Jan 8, 8:00 pm, "Stefan Blom" <no.s....RemoveThis@please.xyz> wrote:
> As far as I know, you cannot prevent parentheses from appearing in
> cross-references. What you can do is exclude ")" from the number format and
> instead type it into your numbered paragraphs. That way, it won't be
> included when you cross-reference the paragraph number.
>
> --
> Stefan Blom
> Microsoft Word MVP
>
> "Joel Gilmore" <joel.gilm....RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:59cce629-fef0-4cbd-949a-6101e4ee8eb8@e1g2000pra.googlegroups.com...
>
> > Hi all,
>
> > I have a Word document with chapter headings automatically formatted
> > as "3) Third chapter" for instance.
>
> > I'd like to insert references in the text along the lines of, "In
> > Chapter 3, we look at..." (with Heading 1 format) But when I insert a
> > Heading number cross reference, it always puts in "In Chapter 3), we
> > look at..." I want to remove the closing bracket from the cross
> > reference, but not the actually chapter title/text.
>
> > I can of course remove the bracket manually, but it gets replaced when
> > the field codes are updated.
>
> > I've googled to the best of my ability, and can't find anything - does
> > anyone have any tips?
>
> > Many thanks,
>
> > Joel

I'm glad I could help.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Joel Gilmore" <joel.gilmore RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
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Thanks for the quick response, Stefan. Looks like we'll go with that -
slightly less elegant, but hey, whatever works!

Cheers,
Joel

On Jan 8, 8:00 pm, "Stefan Blom" <no.s... RemoveThis @please.xyz> wrote:
> As far as I know, you cannot prevent parentheses from appearing in
> cross-references. What you can do is exclude ")" from the number format
> and
> instead type it into your numbered paragraphs. That way, it won't be
> included when you cross-reference the paragraph number.
>
> --
> Stefan Blom
> Microsoft Word MVP
>
> "Joel Gilmore" <joel.gilm... RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:59cce629-fef0-4cbd-949a-6101e4ee8eb8@e1g2000pra.googlegroups.com...
>
> > Hi all,
>
> > I have a Word document with chapter headings automatically formatted
> > as "3) Third chapter" for instance.
>
> > I'd like to insert references in the text along the lines of, "In
> > Chapter 3, we look at..." (with Heading 1 format) But when I insert a
> > Heading number cross reference, it always puts in "In Chapter 3), we
> > look at..." I want to remove the closing bracket from the cross
> > reference, but not the actually chapter title/text.
>
> > I can of course remove the bracket manually, but it gets replaced when
> > the field codes are updated.
>
> > I've googled to the best of my ability, and can't find anything - does
> > anyone have any tips?
>
> > Many thanks,
>
> > Joel

Alternatively, if Joel is willing to type "Chapter" in the text and insert
the cross-reference as just the number, then this could be accomplished
using macropod's technique of adding a numeric picture switch, as described
in http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/CombineXrefs.htm. I think this would
be better than manually adding the parenthesis to the heading, especially if
the paren needs to be followed by a tab character, which would ordinarily be
part of the number format.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Stefan Blom" <no.spam DeleteThis @please.xyz> wrote in message
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> I'm glad I could help.
>
> --
> Stefan Blom
> Microsoft Word MVP
>
>
>
> "Joel Gilmore" <joel.gilmore DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:482ccb36-8eb6-4076-97de-73ca81791d29@a29g2000pra.googlegroups.com...
> Thanks for the quick response, Stefan. Looks like we'll go with that -
> slightly less elegant, but hey, whatever works!
>
> Cheers,
> Joel
>
> On Jan 8, 8:00 pm, "Stefan Blom" <no.s... DeleteThis @please.xyz> wrote:
>> As far as I know, you cannot prevent parentheses from appearing in
>> cross-references. What you can do is exclude ")" from the number format
>> and
>> instead type it into your numbered paragraphs. That way, it won't be
>> included when you cross-reference the paragraph number.
>>
>> --
>> Stefan Blom
>> Microsoft Word MVP
>>
>> "Joel Gilmore" <joel.gilm... DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:59cce629-fef0-4cbd-949a-6101e4ee8eb8@e1g2000pra.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> > Hi all,
>>
>> > I have a Word document with chapter headings automatically formatted
>> > as "3) Third chapter" for instance.
>>
>> > I'd like to insert references in the text along the lines of, "In
>> > Chapter 3, we look at..." (with Heading 1 format) But when I insert a
>> > Heading number cross reference, it always puts in "In Chapter 3), we
>> > look at..." I want to remove the closing bracket from the cross
>> > reference, but not the actually chapter title/text.
>>
>> > I can of course remove the bracket manually, but it gets replaced when
>> > the field codes are updated.
>>
>> > I've googled to the best of my ability, and can't find anything - does
>> > anyone have any tips?
>>
>> > Many thanks,
>>
>> > Joel
>
>
>
>
>

Thanks Suzanne! That's a great. Nice to have options - I'll have a
play around with it!

On Jan 10, 1:39 am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnh... DeleteThis @mvps.org> wrote:
> Alternatively, if Joel is willing to type "Chapter" in the text and insert
> thecross-reference as just the number, then this could be accomplished
> using macropod's technique of adding a numeric picture switch, as described
> inhttp://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/CombineXrefs.htm. I think this would
> be better than manually adding the parenthesis to the heading, especially if
> the paren needs to be followed by a tab character, which would ordinarily be
> part of the number format.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org
>
> "Stefan Blom" <no.s... DeleteThis @please.xyz> wrote in message
>
> news:u528bkkcJHA.3692@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>
> > I'm glad I could help.
>
> > --
> > Stefan Blom
> > Microsoft Word MVP
>
> > "JoelGilmore" <joel.gilm... DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:482ccb36-8eb6-4076-97de-73ca81791d29@a29g2000pra.googlegroups.com....
> > Thanks for the quick response, Stefan. Looks like we'll go with that -
> > slightly less elegant, but hey, whatever works!
>
> > Cheers,
> > Joel
>
> > On Jan 8, 8:00 pm, "Stefan Blom" <no.s... DeleteThis @please.xyz> wrote:
> >> As far as I know, you cannot prevent parentheses from appearing in
> >>cross-references. What you can do is exclude ")" from the number format
> >> and
> >> instead type it into your numbered paragraphs. That way, it won't be
> >> included when youcross-reference the paragraph number.
>
> >> --
> >> Stefan Blom
> >> Microsoft Word MVP
>
> >> "JoelGilmore" <joel.gilm... DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> >>news:59cce629-fef0-4cbd-949a-6101e4ee8eb8@e1g2000pra.googlegroups.com....
>
> >> > Hi all,
>
> >> > I have a Word document with chapter headings automatically formatted
> >> > as "3) Third chapter" for instance.
>
> >> > I'd like to insertreferencesin the text along the lines of, "In
> >> > Chapter 3, we look at..." (with Heading 1 format) But when I insert a
> >> > Heading numbercrossreference, it always puts in "In Chapter 3), we
> >> > look at..." I want to remove the closing bracket from thecross
> >> > reference, but not the actually chapter title/text.
>
> >> > I can of course remove the bracket manually, but it gets replaced when
> >> > the field codes are updated.
>
> >> > I've googled to the best of my ability, and can't find anything - does
> >> > anyone have any tips?
>
> >> > Many thanks,
>
> >> > Joel