Sunday 16 May 2010

Debugging the Error "Reference Source Not Found" in Word

When you re-number Figures or Tables in Word, you may break existing hyperlinks to those sources within the main document text. This leaves a splattering of "Reference Source Not Found" across the document. How do you fix these?

The answer is to create new hyperlinks. You can certainly insert hyperlinks to locations inside a Word doc (e.g. hyperlink to the Biblio section) but what about a specific Figure or Table?

One way could be bookmarks. Bookmark the location you are interested in and hyperlink to it. You can hyperlink to headings or bookmarks within your document. The problem is these bookmarks have certain naming limitations (e.g. no spaces are allowed).

The best way is to do "Insert->Reference" then select "Reference Type=Figure", for example, to refer to a Figure in your doc. This creates linked text; you just need to hit Control key and click to follow the link.

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