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Article #10Re: automatic numbering in Word 5
From: Ken Hughes
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 03:29
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 03:29
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In article <josef-210892091501@manta.informatik.rwth-aachen.de> josef@informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Josef Kaltwasser) writes: > < summary of responses ... edited > > > ... ftp'able program from Charles Dubuque (thanks), he writes: >>If you don't mind using another application, there is a program called >>WordRef available as shareware via FTP. You can find it on Sumex-Aim >>mirrors. >> >>What it essentially does is uses the mail merge feature of word to >>number figures, do cross references, compile bibliographies and >>footnotes. The package contains a reference guide, an application that >>compiles merges and your reference data, and a stack that keeps track >>of your bibliography. >> >>It's a bit of a kludge (Microsoft really should have this feature by >>now) but it's a good kludge. It takes a while to learn, but it's worth >>it. >>Chuck > >Josef Kaltwasser e-mail: josef@informatik.rwth-aachen.de WordRef is OK but pretty clumsy. [This is a Macintosh program. The other posting about number insertion using F3 is dandy, for DOS Word 5.] What would be really useful is if someone knows [someone who knows] enough PostScript to write a little macro that could be used as a glossary entry for Mac users. I'd love to see this. It can't entail too much code. Somebody? Anybody? Ken Hughes hughes@unixg.ubc.ca
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Newsgroups: bit.mailserv.word-mac Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!unixg.ubc.ca!hughes From: hughes@unixg.ubc.ca (Ken Hughes) Subject: Re: automatic numbering in Word 5 Message-ID: <1992Aug23.032948.25294@unixg.ubc.ca> Sender: news@unixg.ubc.ca (Usenet News Maintenance) Nntp-Posting-Host: unixg.ubc.ca Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada References: <josef-210892091501@manta.informatik.rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 03:29:48 GMT Lines: 33