Correction - it now does work OK - I must have slipped up when first trying it. Just a pity I keep having to name the different references, otherwise I could put together a macro. I have done a simply macro for Tools>Update>Update All, which is called by a keystroke. The rest is not really too much hassle once you get used to it.
Thanks again for the help, both to you and to others. Howard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard Burford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 4:42 PM Subject: Re: [users] Hyperlinks > Thanks you for trying to help. > > This seems to do most of what I hoped for without too much hassle, but there > is still one problem for me. I need to copy/link a selection to, say, place > A in the documant, and then also copy/link just a portion of the same > original text to , say, place B in the same document. The procedure you > describe does not seem to cope with this requirement. > > Incidentally when I was using the troublesome DDE links it did manage this > aspect very well, but of course that left the problem of the link references > which is where all this started! > > Still trying/hoping to crack it - I'm sure it should be possible! > > For your information, in the present instance the document in question is > the script/narrative for a Costume Show, in which the items, the order and > the models can change from show to show. The aim is to automatically > generate the chronological list of costumes, with the current models' names > alongside, and also the summary list at the front of the document. It did > all work very well with the DDE Links, before I ran into the problem of the > links always referring to the originating document. > > Howard > > > ----- Original Message----- > From: "Ian Laurenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 10:25 AM > Subject: Re: [users] Hyperlinks > > > > On Thu, 2005-04-14 at 20:53, Howard Burford wrote: > > > As a result of my disaster using DDE links inadvisably, I'm now trying > to > > > get my head round hyperlinks - with very little success. > > > > > > What I wish to do is to select a portion of text in a document, and to > > > reproduce it elsewhere in the same document, such that when the original > > > text is modified the linked similar text is automatically modified in > the > > > same way. > > > > > > I can't believe it is so difficult - I must be approaching it the wrong > way! > > > > Hi Howard, > > What you are wanting to do is cross reference. > > > > There are several ways of doing this. I'll use set references. > > > > > > Select the "master text" > > Insert > Cross reference... > set reference > > Give it a name > > Click Insert > > > > Now position the cursor where you want the cross reference to go. > > Select insert reference > > Choose the name > > Under Format select Reference > > Click insert > > > > If you are doing a lot of these then I have developed some macros that > > you may find useful. They are available from: > > http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/hillview/OOo/ > > > > Thanks, Ian > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
