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From: Linda Lawhon <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Editing report in Word
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 15:39:00 -0600
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Terry wrote:

>But bibliographies use no such built-in feature in Word. Rather, TMG
>builds the Bibliography in ordinary text (like it does with endnotes if
>you use "Unique Endnotes"). So Word sees the Bibliography as ordinary
>text, and has no way to know that it's linked in any way to the footnotes.
>
>Word has powerful automation features, so it might be possible to create
>coding that would link source notes and the bibliography (one of our Word
>experts might to speak to whether that's even possible). But it would be
>quite complex. The coding would have to link all footnotes refering to
>each source, and then figure out if all are removed. And I suppose if Bob
>V figured out how to do it in Word, then the users of other word
>processors would want it to work for them too <VBG>.

Well, Rats, Terry.

Gosh, I don't know what else Bob has to do with his spare time. gd&r as
quickly as an old person can.

Thanks for the input. At least now that I am aware of it, I can make notes
when I delete some source so it will be easier to edit the bibliography.

Linda

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