Word 97—Ease of Use

Structuring Your Document

New LISTNUM Fields

In order to allow the great diversity of lists present in different kinds of legal documents, Word 97 introduces a new field, LISTNUM. These are fields that can be inserted anywhere within the text of a paragraph and give you in-paragraph numbering such as: this is an example of (a) intuitive design, (b) powerful numbering, (c) user benefits. These fields update dynamically like the AUTONUM fields in Word 6.0/7.0.

Smarter Cross Referencing

It is now trivial to create a reference to a paragraph number from another paragraph such as “See I.1.01(a) for more details”. The cross referencing dialog has changed to include a reference type of Numbered Item which lets you create relative or absolute references to paragraph numbers. In addition to seeing paragraph numbers, you also see the beginning paragraph text which makes finding specific paragraphs intuitive.

Cross-reference dialog

• Positional references - You can automatically add “above” or “below” to a reference to get results such as “See I.1.01(a) below” - which makes it even easier to follow references. If the referenced paragraph moves, Word automatically updates the position when the document is saved.
• Hyperlinks - cross references are implemented as hyperlinks, so if you are reviewing the document online, clicking on a cross reference takes you to the referenced text and the Web navigational toolbar pops up to give you easy navigation between sections.

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