Article ID: 196845
Article Last Modified on 8/21/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q196845
SYMPTOMS
When you update fields in a master document that contains cross- references, the following error messages may occur in place of the cross-reference:
These errors also occur in a normal document if the document contains figures, captions, pictures, or other cross-references.
CAUSE
If you delete the cross-reference source or remove the subdocument that contains it, Word for Windows can no longer locate the source and displays the above error messages.
A cross-reference consists of a REF field that points to a special, internal bookmark at the cross-reference source. As a result, the errors that occur refer to REF field or bookmark problems.
For more information about the special bookmarks Word uses for cross- references, indexes, and tables of contents, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
112542 Text Added to End of Line Not Included in Cross-Reference
MORE INFORMATION
In a master document, you can create cross-references between the master document and a subdocument or between two subdocuments. If you insert, merge, move, split, or create a subdocument that contains a cross-reference, Word maintains the cross-reference as long as the REF field and cross-reference bookmark remain intact.
Additional query words: hidden xref xrefs
Keywords: kbfield kbprb KB196845
