My apologies to the list about the sloppy subject line. I was dozing off by the time I was completing the post, but wanted to send it before I took a siesta. Look what happened. That teaches me a lesson...
- avi On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Avraham Makeler <amakeler at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > RE: FM72. Tool to quickly makes loads of cross-refs? > > I just a received some whole new sections for updating an FM book. The book > is a large reference guide for an API. Every other word in the new material > is in fact the name of some software object (function, structure, or type) > that's defined somewhere else as its own section. The new material talks > about those already defined software objects and how to use them. So the SME > wants every mentioning of those already defined software objects to be > converted to a cross-reference. (Anyone who has documented APIs knows what I > am talking about.) Is there some sort of tool that allows you to type+select > the name of the section (function) or even just its legal number and then > click, and hey presto, the cross-reference appears? > > Once, during a slow period, I programmed exactly that tool for Word using > VBA. Took me about a week. Works great. > > TIA > > - avi > > -- Regards, avraham ~~~~~~~~~ 054-3084886