Access just the number in cross-refs of numbered list items

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iddo - 21 Mar 2005 13:55 GMT

How can I refer in a cross-reference just to the number of a list item?
(i.e. without the surrounding text that is shown on the "Number
Format" box of the "Customize Numbered List" dialog box).

Word seems to be able to suppress a trailing dot from this number, but
not anything else (like brackets).

Thanks much,
iddo

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Stefan Blom - 21 Mar 2005 14:22 GMT

What you are looking for is a way to suppress all delimiters in a
cross-reference. I don't think this is possible, because that would
make it extremely difficult or impossible to read references including
multiple levels of numbering. Think of a cross-reference to item 1.1
without delimiters; it would look exactly the same as a reference to
item 11!

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> How can I refer in a cross-reference just to the number of a list item?
> (i.e. without the surrounding text that is shown on the "Number
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> Thanks much,
> iddo

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 21 Mar 2005 16:15 GMT

There's a switch in the StyleRef field that suppresses "labels" such as
Chapter and Section, but I don't think the Ref field has anything
equivalent, and I'm not sure even the StyleRef switch would deal with
brackets and other text as you wish.

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> How can I refer in a cross-reference just to the number of a list item?
> (i.e. without the surrounding text that is shown on the "Number
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> Thanks much,
> iddo

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Stefan Blom - 22 Mar 2005 13:02 GMT

The REF field has the \t switch for the purpose you described. But the
OP asked for more -- too much more, I think.

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> There's a switch in the StyleRef field that suppresses "labels" such as
> Chapter and Section, but I don't think the Ref field has anything
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> > Thanks much,
> > iddo

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 22 Mar 2005 15:06 GMT

Agreed.

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> The REF field has the \t switch for the purpose you described. But the
> OP asked for more -- too much more, I think.
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> > > Thanks much,
> > > iddo

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