Thanks for the tip Chad, however some of the language is
too long to fit into Autotext.  I was wondering if there
may be some time of interactive macro I could generate
that would pull information based on criteria given by the

When I reformat captions (e.g., convert from center to
left justified), all throughout the document, figure
captions are moved from inside to outside of their
frames, and table captions suddenly move from their

I work with lawyers who have hundreds of footnotes in
their documents.  
Commonly, their footnote include references to other
footnotes (ie., cross-references actually inserted inside

Can anyone tell if if footnote cross-references should
automatically update when you add additional footnotes to
a document?
I've found that adding new footnotes before the cross-

Hi, I'm using Word 2000 on Windows 2000.
I'm working in several Word documents and want to shift from one to
the another without using the mouse. Is there a way to use the
keyboard to toggle windows?

Can I prevent a figure caption from appearing inside a
text box?  This happens when I use Insert|Caption, with
the intention of generating a list of figures
automatically.  The problem is that Word doesn't search

I am preparing a 80 page document that I want numbered.
But, my table of contents is 4 pages and I dont want them
numbered the same.
I want my first 4 pages in roman numerals, and I want the

Chad:  I'm not sure where to put the \w.  I hit Alt F9 and
this is what appeared:  {TOC \o "4-5"\t "Heading 1,1,
Heading 2,2 Heading 3,3,}.  I tried to replace the \o or
\t with the \w or added the \w after 3, at the end but

When settings tabs by clicking the ruler bar, Word
insists on putting the tab marker just before or after
the .5" marker rather than right on it. Why is that and
how can I fix it?

When I format lines into numbered list, Word says it is repaging and hang.
I can never get thing done.  This also happen when chaning some format.
Sometimes when I save the document, all the bullets and numbered lists are
reset to normal - I have to undo the "automatic update".  I ...

This may be a question too broad to ask.  However, I hope to get some
direction where to learn (quick one) about it.
I am writing my thesis now (due in 2 weeks!).  I am writing different
chapters in different files.  How do I put them together without copying /

I'd like to search for underlined text and replace the
underlining with italics. How can I do this?
In Word 2002 on XP, in Edit|Find|Format|Font there's a
place to specify an underline style but I couldn't get

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to globally change
the font of all styles in one document?  Thanks.

I have a number of documents, each representing a different Chapter or
Appendix file.
I want to have continuous numbering between the files without having to
manually check the end of the previous file and changing the starting

I am using Word 2002 and, with long documents, find the Document Map useful
as a way to navigate between chapters.  However, a file that I am editing
has placed lines with the "Caption" style in the document map, which now
appears at the same level as Heading 1.  This has junked up ...