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MS Office Forum / Word / Programming / September 2006Updating/referring from the Table of Contents
I'm at a loss for the proper words here, so here's what I want to do: I have an instruction manual in Word format, which looks like 1 General chapter heading 1.1 Specific 1.1.1 Very Specific point 2 Etc. I also have embedded Visio flowcharts. What I want to have happen is for certain shapes in Visio to be updated with Word text. For example, I want a shape to have a text box below it which reads "1.1.1", but to automatically update if I change my table of contents (i.e. by adding more chapters, etc.). Thus, if I insert a few subsections before my desired section, I want my text box to read "1.1.3" or whatever it will be. The document is too large to manually search for the text boxes and replace them manually. Can anyone suggest a starting point for me to research? Thanks!! It's not the TOC you want to reference, but the heading itself. Apart from that, this is an issue you need to solve at the Visio end. Between Word and Excel, it's as simple as selecting the source item, switching to the other application, and using PasteSpecial with 'Paste link' checked. Whether Visio supports this also I don't know. > I'm at a loss for the proper words here, so here's what I want to do: > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Can anyone suggest a starting point for me to research? Thanks!! You are correct, I want to reference the heading itself. What I thought might work is making a field/text box/etc. in Word and placing it near the shape. Basically, I just want to indicate that "1.1.3" refers to a certain process on a flowchart- I don't care if I get the text in there from Visio, or if my original Visio file even gets updated. So what function would I use that would automatically update as new entries are added? Cross-reference works if I manually choose to update it, but I'd like it to be user-friendly for others to add content. Thanks! > It's not the TOC you want to reference, but the heading itself. > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > > > Can anyone suggest a starting point for me to research? Thanks!! As I said, I've no idea how this works in Visio. If it were Excel, you simply select the text in Word (Word automatically inserts a bookmark for the selected text), paste it into Excel as a link, and it then updates automatically. Don't understand what you're getting at with the field/textbox/etc. Why not just select the heading itself? > You are correct, I want to reference the heading itself. > [quoted text clipped - 45 lines] >> > >> > Can anyone suggest a starting point for me to research? Thanks!!
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