check all cross-references in Word 2003 doc

[Guest]

Is there a way to have Word globally check all cross-references for proper
linking?

This is in a large Word 2003 document. All cross-references point to text
within the document.

Thanks.

Paul

 

[RobG]

Is there a way to have Word globally check all cross-references for proper
linking?

This is in a large Word 2003 document. All cross-references point to text
within the document.

I use ctrl+A to select all, press F9 to update all fields, then do a
case-sensitive search for "Error:".

Of course that doesn't do headers/footers or text boxes, or check that
cross-references are to the right thing, only that whatever they
reference to exists (which is the great majority of them).

 

[Jay Freedman]

Exactly what do you mean by "proper linking"? If you mean that some REF
fields might contain the names of bookmarks that don't exist/no longer
exist/are misspelled, then the easy way to check is to use Edit > Find to
look for the expression

Error!

which is the first word of the message the REF field will display ("Error!
Reference source not found.").

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[Guest]

Thanks. I had forgotten about this. I found no instances of "Error".

I asked about this because I have a large document that was translated from
English to a language related to Farsi, and the translator's production
department had lots of trouble with "quality" issues, some of which extended
to maintaining the x-refs.

They just sent me what they say is a "fixed" 330-page document, with working
links, and I wanted to be sure that they did actually work, but did not want
to go through page by page, and test all 700 or so links.

Thanks again.

best,
Paul

 

[Guest]

Yes, you are right on all counts.

I tested the doc, and it looks like the translated doc does have working
x-refs, with none broken.

Thanks.

best,
Paul