Thanks for the suggestions. I've tried this carefully, but there seem to be two problems, apart from the somewhat circuitous routine. One is that each inserted Section appears on a new line, with a box round it (probably the box doesn't get printed, but I want the text to run-on where I put the cursor. The other problem is that if the first section copy is done, then, for another place in the document only a part of the same original text is selected, this doesn't seem to want to work. Also, yet another line is generated.
BTW, Tools>update>update all does the updating without saving and reloading. I'm still trying! Howard ----- Original Message ----- From: "John King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 12:06 PM Subject: [users] Re: Hyperlinks > On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 09:53:03 +0100, Howard Burford wrote: > > > As a result of my disaster using DDE links inadvisably, I'm now trying to > > get my head round hyperlinks - with very little success. > > > > What I wish to do is to select a portion of text in a document, and to > > reproduce it elsewhere in the same document, such that when the original > > text is modified the linked similar text is automatically modified in the > > same way. > > > > I can't believe it is so difficult - I must be approaching it the wrong > > way! > > > > Howard > > I use sections for this as my bits of text can be rather long i.e. lists > or paragraphs. > > Select the text. > Insert - Section > Give the section a name e.g. repeat1. Click on Insert. > > Go to where you want the paragraph etc to be repeated. > Insert - Section > Give the section a name e.g. place1 > Click on Link so it's ticked. > In the section drop down box below, select the section you want repeated > (in this case 'repeat1'). > Click on Insert. > The text from repeat1 will now appear in place1. > > If you make any alterations to the original repeat1, save the file and > then File-Reload, and update links when prompted. > > > -- > > John > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
