Microsoft KB Archive/176540

= WD98: How to Use STYLEREF Field to Place Chapter Info in Header =

Article ID: 176540

Article Last Modified on 10/23/2002

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 * Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

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SUMMARY
This article describes how to use the STYLEREF field. The STYLEREF field can be used to create dictionary-style entries at the top of each page or to place the chapter title in the heading. This field is useful when you want text in the header to match what is typed on the page.

The STYLEREF field is a specialized reference field designed to let you automatically add information to a document, especially in the header or footer.

The STYLEREF field consists of the field, the name of the style assigned to the text to be returned as the result of the field, and field switches.

{STYLEREF "StyleName" \* MERGEFORMAT}

{STYLEREF "StyleName" \* MERGEFORMAT}

NOTE: The name of the style must be enclosed in quotation marks to work properly.

Word will search the page from top to bottom (by default) for the nearest paragraph formatted with the style specified in the STYLEREF field. Word will then return that text formatted with the designated style in the location of the field.

STYLEREF Field Switches
\l - Inserts the last text formatted with the style on the current page instead of the first text formatted with this style. Word searches the page from bottom to top.

The \l switch will only work correctly in headers and footers.

\n - Causes the field to display the entire paragraph number for a referenced paragraph without trailing periods. No information about prior levels is displayed unless it is included as part of the current level. For example, caption numbering is included if caption numbering has been applied to the paragraph.

\p - Causes the field to display its position relative to the source bookmark using the word "above" or "below." If the STYLEREF field appears in the document before the bookmark, it evaluates to "below." If the STYLEREF field appears after the bookmark, it evaluates to "above." If the STYLEREF field appears within the bookmark, an error is returned.

\r - Inserts the entire paragraph number of the bookmarked paragraph in relative context, or relative to the paragraph numbering scheme, without trailing periods.

\t - When used with the \n, \r, or \w switch, causes the STYLEREF field to suppress nondelimiter, or nonnumerical, text. With this switch, for example, you can reference "Section 1.01," and only "1.01" is displayed in the result.

\w - Inserts the paragraph number of the bookmarked paragraph in full context, from anywhere in the document. For example, when referencing paragraph "ii.", a STYLEREF field with the \w switch would return "1.a.ii" as a result.

The STYLEREF field is most often used in headers and footers. The examples in the "Examples" section of this article illustrate the possible uses of the STYLEREF field.

How to Insert a STYLEREF Field
Method 1: To Create a Field Using the Menus


 * 1) Position the insertion point in the document where you want to insert the text to be entered.
 * 2) On the Insert menu, click Field.
 * 3) In the Categories list box, select Links And References.
 * 4) In the Field Names list, select StyleRef.
 * 5) Click Options and then click the Styles tab. Select the style defined by your text that you want to be displayed as the field result, and then click Add to Field.
 * 6) Type quotation marks around the style name.
 * 7) If you want a field switch, click the Field Specific Switches tab. Select the switch you want, click Add To Field, and then click OK.
 * 8) Click OK.

To view the field code you just inserted, press OPTION+F9.

Method 2: To Create a Field Using Keystrokes

 Position the insertion point in the document where you want to insert the text. Press COMMAND+F9.

Field code brackets, {}, will appear in the document. Type the following inside the field code brackets, where is the name of the style applied to the text that you want to be displayed:

STYLEREF " "

NOTE: You must enclose the style name in quotation marks.

Using STYLEREF Fields to Create a Dictionary Type Entry
NOTE: This example only works if the field indicated below is in either the header or footer of the document.

Use the STYLEREF field when you want to create the same format you'll find in a dictionary at the top of the page, for example, BEGINNING WORD--LAST WORD.

For example, if you have the word Apple at the top of your document and the word Baseball at the bottom of the document and they are both formatted with a Heading 2 style, you can enter fields into the header and/or footer to give a result of:

Apple--Baseball

To produce this effect, follow these steps:

 In the header or footer of the document, enter the following fields by doing the following:  Click Header and Footer on the View menu. Press COMMAND+F9 to enter the first set of field code braces {}.</li></ol> </li> Type STYLEREF "Heading 2" into the field braces.</li> Move the insertion point outside the right field brace and press the hyphen key twice. Then press COMMAND+F9 to enter the second set of code braces {}.</li> Type STYLEREF "Heading 2" \l into the field braces.</li></ol>

The final entry will resemble the following:

{STYLEREF "Heading 2"}--{STYLEREF "Heading 2" \l}

The result of these fields will be: <pre class="fixed_text">     Apple - Baseball (where Apple and Baseball have been formatted with                        Heading 2 style)

Chapter Title to Appear in the Header
Use this format to insert the current chapter name as part of the header or footer.

If the title of the current chapter is File Management and that title is formatted with a Heading 1 style and you place the field below into the header

{STYLEREF "Heading 1"}

the result of the field in the header will be:

File Management

<div class="moreinformation_section">

Effective Use of the STYLEREF field
To use the STYLEREF field effectively, you need to understand how Word determines which paragraph is the nearest one. That determination depends on where the STYLEREF field is and on whether the /l (the letter L) switch is being used. <pre class="fixed_text">  If STYLEREF Is here           Word searches here ---

Document text     The closest text preceding the STYLEREF field. If the style isn't found, Word searches for the closest following text.

Footnotes,        The closest text preceding the footnote, annotation, annotations,      or endnote reference mark in the document text. and endnotes      If the style isn't found, Word searches for the closest text following the reference mark.

Headers and       The current page, from top to bottom. If the style Footers           isn't found, Word searches next from the top of the (during printing) page to the beginning of the document, and then from the bottom of the page to the end of the document. If the \l switch is used, Word searches from the bottom of the page to the beginning or end of the document.

Headers and       The section that contains the STYLEREF field, from Footers           the beginning. If the style isn't found, Word (when not         searches from the end of the section to the end of   printing)          the document. For more information about the STYLEREF field in tables, click the Office Assistant, type "styleref", click Search, and then click "Field codes: StyleRef field".

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Word Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

120802 Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office Program or Component

For additional information about this situation in earlier versions of Word, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

141994 How to Use the STYLEREF in Microsoft Word

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