Hi all you fancy word folks out there,

Thanks for your help in the past but I have another sticky problem for you.

I'm usually cross referencing as paragraph (full context) to a paragraph
with outline numbering.

Fairly often when I do this, the cross reference shows up as 0. If I hit
the button to insert the cross reference again, then it inserts properly.
This is really annoying, as it means I have to go through the process of
finding the correct clause & hitting insert twice, and then go and delete the
field that didn't work.

Any reasons why this would be happening. I am using Word 2000.

Thanks in advance folks.

PS. out of curiousity, if I follow the 0 cross reference, it goes to the
beginning of the document! I suppose that makes sense. Somehow.

This usually means the xref has been corrupted. Another symptom can be that
an xref that repeats the source text suddenly adds extra text.

Corruption is especially likely if you cut the source and paste it elsewhere
or, of course, if you delete it entirely.

Cheers


"COE" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:CF4C988C-FCA1-4C78-ADB0-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi all you fancy word folks out there,
>
> Thanks for your help in the past but I have another sticky problem for
you.
>
> I'm usually cross referencing as paragraph (full context) to a paragraph
> with outline numbering.
>
> Fairly often when I do this, the cross reference shows up as 0. If I hit
> the button to insert the cross reference again, then it inserts properly.
> This is really annoying, as it means I have to go through the process of
> finding the correct clause & hitting insert twice, and then go and delete
the
> field that didn't work.
>
> Any reasons why this would be happening. I am using Word 2000.
>
> Thanks in advance folks.
>
> PS. out of curiousity, if I follow the 0 cross reference, it goes to the
> beginning of the document! I suppose that makes sense. Somehow.

Thanks macropod,

I've never seen the second sympton you mention, but I have had the Cross
reference come up and "0" in many documents the first time I try to insert it.

I don't know what has been done to these documents in the past, but it does
seem alarming that I have seen this happen so often.

Could this be caused by inserting formatted autotexts with numbering into
the existing numbering?? That's the only thing that has been done in most of
these documents.

Cheers,
Caroline.

"macropod" wrote:

> This usually means the xref has been corrupted. Another symptom can be that
> an xref that repeats the source text suddenly adds extra text.
>
> Corruption is especially likely if you cut the source and paste it elsewhere
> or, of course, if you delete it entirely.
>
> Cheers
>
>
> "COE" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:CF4C988C-FCA1-4C78-ADB0-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi all you fancy word folks out there,
> >
> > Thanks for your help in the past but I have another sticky problem for
> you.
> >
> > I'm usually cross referencing as paragraph (full context) to a paragraph
> > with outline numbering.
> >
> > Fairly often when I do this, the cross reference shows up as 0. If I hit
> > the button to insert the cross reference again, then it inserts properly.
> > This is really annoying, as it means I have to go through the process of
> > finding the correct clause & hitting insert twice, and then go and delete
> the
> > field that didn't work.
> >
> > Any reasons why this would be happening. I am using Word 2000.
> >
> > Thanks in advance folks.
> >
> > PS. out of curiousity, if I follow the 0 cross reference, it goes to the
> > beginning of the document! I suppose that makes sense. Somehow.
>
>
>

Hi Caroline,

Well, if you're inserting something into the cross-reference number field,
that would certainly screw things up.

Cheers

"COE" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:BA8B338B-A706-4594-B1CB-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks macropod,
>
> I've never seen the second sympton you mention, but I have had the Cross
> reference come up and "0" in many documents the first time I try to insert
it.
>
> I don't know what has been done to these documents in the past, but it
does
> seem alarming that I have seen this happen so often.
>
> Could this be caused by inserting formatted autotexts with numbering into
> the existing numbering?? That's the only thing that has been done in most
of
> these documents.
>
> Cheers,
> Caroline.
>
> "macropod" wrote:
>
> > This usually means the xref has been corrupted. Another symptom can be
that
> > an xref that repeats the source text suddenly adds extra text.
> >
> > Corruption is especially likely if you cut the source and paste it
elsewhere
> > or, of course, if you delete it entirely.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> >
> > "COE" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:CF4C988C-FCA1-4C78-ADB0-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Hi all you fancy word folks out there,
> > >
> > > Thanks for your help in the past but I have another sticky problem for
> > you.
> > >
> > > I'm usually cross referencing as paragraph (full context) to a
paragraph
> > > with outline numbering.
> > >
> > > Fairly often when I do this, the cross reference shows up as 0. If I
hit
> > > the button to insert the cross reference again, then it inserts
properly.
> > > This is really annoying, as it means I have to go through the process
of
> > > finding the correct clause & hitting insert twice, and then go and
delete
> > the
> > > field that didn't work.
> > >
> > > Any reasons why this would be happening. I am using Word 2000.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance folks.
> > >
> > > PS. out of curiousity, if I follow the 0 cross reference, it goes to
the
> > > beginning of the document! I suppose that makes sense. Somehow.
> >
> >
> >

The autotexts are more like extra paragraphs that use the same numbering
style, so we're not inserting anything into the field itself. For one thing,
since I always keep field shading on, that would look pretty weird :-)

"macropod" wrote:

> Hi Caroline,
>
> Well, if you're inserting something into the cross-reference number field,
> that would certainly screw things up.
>
> Cheers
>
> "COE" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:BA8B338B-A706-4594-B1CB-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Thanks macropod,
> >
> > I've never seen the second sympton you mention, but I have had the Cross
> > reference come up and "0" in many documents the first time I try to insert
> it.
> >
> > I don't know what has been done to these documents in the past, but it
> does
> > seem alarming that I have seen this happen so often.
> >
> > Could this be caused by inserting formatted autotexts with numbering into
> > the existing numbering?? That's the only thing that has been done in most
> of
> > these documents.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Caroline.
> >
> > "macropod" wrote:
> >
> > > This usually means the xref has been corrupted. Another symptom can be
> that
> > > an xref that repeats the source text suddenly adds extra text.
> > >
> > > Corruption is especially likely if you cut the source and paste it
> elsewhere
> > > or, of course, if you delete it entirely.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > >
> > > "COE" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > > news:CF4C988C-FCA1-4C78-ADB0-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > > Hi all you fancy word folks out there,
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for your help in the past but I have another sticky problem for
> > > you.
> > > >
> > > > I'm usually cross referencing as paragraph (full context) to a
> paragraph
> > > > with outline numbering.
> > > >
> > > > Fairly often when I do this, the cross reference shows up as 0. If I
> hit
> > > > the button to insert the cross reference again, then it inserts
> properly.
> > > > This is really annoying, as it means I have to go through the process
> of
> > > > finding the correct clause & hitting insert twice, and then go and
> delete
> > > the
> > > > field that didn't work.
> > > >
> > > > Any reasons why this would be happening. I am using Word 2000.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance folks.
> > > >
> > > > PS. out of curiousity, if I follow the 0 cross reference, it goes to
> the
> > > > beginning of the document! I suppose that makes sense. Somehow.
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
>