Hi Paul,
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Unfortunately, whenever you hard-format a cross-reference, Word 'helpfully' adds the MERGEFORMAT switch.
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Another helpful feature to cope with ...
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then use Find/Replace to delete the switches, via:
Find = \* MERGEFORMAT<space>
Replace = nothing
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That's of course the fastest way, but an additional step ...
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Do note that, when adding the \* CHARFORMAT switch, you need only format the first character of the field code, in this case the 'R' of the field's 'REF' expression.
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My crossreference macro only formats the first character of the { REF } fields ({
REF Name \* Charformat }, but nevertheless ...
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Not applying the format to the whole field will avoid the addition of the extraneous \* MERGEFORMAT switch.
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... Word keeps adding the \* MERGEFORMAT switch.
Seem to be one of those features "resulting from far too many Tia Marias laced with vodka" (
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/tblsfldsfms/FastTables.htm).
NP