Thanks again Suzanne
I looked into autocorrect as you mentioned, I'm not sure thats what I
want
to do, with respect
Do you know anywhere where I can find info on ^& ^c and ^19 used in the
find and replace dialogue boxes? (used in your article, maybe a list?)
I think I just have a little syntax problem with getting either \*
charformat or \* mergeformat to go to the right place in the field when
when
doing a find|replace. My field code ends in " \a \t }" When I do a find
|
replace using ^& ^c in the replace dialogue (since I dont know anything
about the ^ stuff I'll assume ^c means paste from clipboard?) after
copying
\* charformat to the clipboard. What I end up with after find|replace is:
beginning to end .....\a \t } \*Charformat (in the field) and [some
number]\*Charformat in the text when the field is toggled off.
the \* Charformat is OUTSIDE THE "}" BRACKET. I think if I could tell the
replace funct. it to replace \* Charformat inside the bracket it would
work!
But I dont know how. Is there a way to do this?
Probably wearing out my welcome here...but I still appreciate the time and
good help you have given me. I'm sensitive, let me down easy!
Many thanks,
Jeff W.
Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
For your REF fields, you should be able to follow the instructions in the
article, but I'm not really familiar with LINK fields, so I don't know
what
to tell you about those. The reason for the article is that REF fields,
even
when they are hyperlinks, don't have the blue+underline formatting that
shows they are hyperlinks. HYPERLINK fields do (or at least can), so they
don't usually cause problems. I don't know how LINK fields behave, and I
don't know whether they will accept the \* Charformat switch.
If the LINK field is one that ordinarily is formatted as a hyperlink,
perhaps you can add the formatting with AutoFormat. Define the Hyperlink
character style as desired, make sure that "Internet and network paths
with
hyperlinks" is checked on the AutoFormat tab of AutoCorrect Options, and
then explicitly run AutoFormat over the document.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
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