On Dec 4, 2012, at 3:36 AM, Martin Groenescheij <mar...@groenescheij.com> wrote:
> The advantage of entering a cross-reference as a field is that you do */not > have to adjust the references manually/* every time you change the document. > Just update the fields with F9 and the references in the document are updated > too. And with AOO, you can simply pick paragraph headings as the cross-reference if you're working on a single document. If, OTOH, you're using a master doc, then you must name the sub-file and explicitly spell out the reference. This is quite inconvenient in a big, complex document; there's also a high probability of error. If I'm working in a sub-file--say, Site Value, and I want to reference an entry in the section titled "market analysis," then the field reference has to be complete and accurate into a file that's not open, or worse, which is open and being changed by someone else. Now, a programmer who can figure out how to keep that much information straight in a dynamic document has my complete admiration. But it is easier for me to simply write a single, massive document that knows its own parts thoroughly. AOO does this until the document length exceeds about 170 pages, then it loses its mind, starts acting goofy, and won't save. And, btw, you don't have to lose your changes when that happens. Just open a new document, copy the new material from the malfunctioning one, and paste it into the new blank document. That will save nicely. The longer doc won't. Jim Plante --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
