Word 2003 AutoNumber feature with XML Tagging

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We are using Word 2003 XML tagging feature a lot. If I use AutoNum feature
with a paragraph where has been tagged with customer XML tag. The number
will appear outside XML tag. What can I do to make Auto number inside the XML
tag?

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

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We are using Word 2003 XML tagging feature a lot. If I use AutoNum feature
with a paragraph where has been tagged with customer XML tag. The number
will appear outside XML tag. What can I do to make Auto number inside the XML
tag?

Basically, you cannot. This is because the AutoNumber being generated is not
"plain text" - the only thing an XML tag can hold - but a Word "structure".
Autonumbers are LISTS, and managed "outside" the text flow. Save a (simple) Word
document with a couple of numbered paragraphs to HTML format, then take a look
at the HTML source code to get an idea what I mean (that's easier than wading
through the XML, but similar principles apply).

The only way you can include numbers within your XML tags is if they're "plain
text".

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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