Automatic Cross References in Microsoft Word

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  • čas přidán 2. 08. 2024
  • This video describes how to add automatic cross references to figures, tables, and other objects in Microsoft Word.
    Topics and timestamps:
    0:00 - Introduction
    5:09 - Format painter (select text with appropriate formatting, format painter button)
    9:12 - Captioning tables (right click, insert caption dialogue)
    10:40 - Captioning figures (right click, insert caption dialogue)
    12:01 - Automatic cross-referencing (References tab, Cross-reference)
    14:03 - Shortcut to cross-reference (press Alt, follow the tooltips)
    18:01 - Updating the document to reflect changes (Ctrl-A, select a field and then update)
    Additional videos in this series:
    -Automatic Cross References in Microsoft Word (this video)
    -Create an Automatic Bibliography in Microsoft Word ( • Create an Automatic Bi... )

Komentáře • 90

  • @nelsonfu8390
    @nelsonfu8390 Před 4 lety +15

    Thanks so much for this video!
    Here is a summary for those a bit short on time:
    Format painter [5:09] (select text with appropriate formatting -> format painter button)
    Captioning tables [9:12] (right click -> insert caption dialogue)
    Captioning figures [10:40] (right click -> insert caption dialogue)
    Automatic cross-referencing [12:01] (References tab -> Cross-reference)
    Shortcut to cross-reference [14:03] (press Alt -> follow the tooltips)
    Updating the document to reflect changes [18:01] (Ctrl-A -> select a field and then update)

  • @kinesiology-moves9598
    @kinesiology-moves9598 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you so much. Great video, well explained. Found it very helpful that you also showed the common mistake, and what to when figures and tables get shuffled around. I just wish I had known this years ago.

  • @inderaputra2846
    @inderaputra2846 Před 4 lety

    Thank you so much for this short cuts, as i had the biggest headache
    of all doing this sort of editing to my documents. It saves me a lot of trouble. Tqtqtq!

  • @discoal100
    @discoal100 Před 3 lety +1

    What a fantastic tutorial. I didn't realise this was all possible. Thank you.

  • @roxbittman
    @roxbittman Před 3 lety +2

    This is so awesome! Thank you for the clear explanation!

  • @jamessullivan1822
    @jamessullivan1822 Před 6 lety

    Thanks for the new and helpful info Dr. Lum!

  • @jdavid7613
    @jdavid7613 Před 5 lety +2

    Thank you so so much. I got it through your video. God bless you

  • @Angeprof
    @Angeprof Před 2 lety

    That was GREAT!!! I've been making an effort to move away from relying on templates to do my work. Sometimes we do things that affect the template and then have to rely on someone else to fix it. I hate that. I want to be able to do it myself. Thank you for your help.

  • @marcinsist
    @marcinsist Před 2 lety +1

    Dear Christopher, Thank you very much. It was very helpful.

  • @prafulchopra8155
    @prafulchopra8155 Před 6 lety +2

    This video was very helpful. Thank you.

  • @marcythiemet5125
    @marcythiemet5125 Před 3 lety

    I am sure you must get tired of hearing it but THIS WAS GREAT!! THANK YOU!!!

  • @jasminehathaway358
    @jasminehathaway358 Před 6 lety +2

    Thanks! This was very helpful!

  • @mihpop9733
    @mihpop9733 Před 4 lety

    Thank you so much! So much time has been wasted before doing a combination of the wrong method!

  • @helencarson2972
    @helencarson2972 Před 6 lety +1

    Very helpful. Thank you!

  • @bengibbons3424
    @bengibbons3424 Před 5 lety +1

    Amazing video as always!

  • @yengyangnaotou9590
    @yengyangnaotou9590 Před 4 lety

    Thank you so much Christopher Lum ! your video help me a lot !

  • @emelia7690
    @emelia7690 Před 5 lety +2

    this was really helpful!

  • @rohananturkar8
    @rohananturkar8 Před 3 lety

    A real nice way to explain.Thankyou!

  • @hectorregala7777
    @hectorregala7777 Před 3 lety

    Thank you! Like the email by the way for anakin and han solo, you got me there

  • @sandraarsenault6743
    @sandraarsenault6743 Před 4 lety +2

    Well done! You have great talent of providing an easy to follow video full of excellent information.

    • @ChristopherLum
      @ChristopherLum  Před 4 lety

      I'm glad it was helpful. There are other similar videos on the channel please feel free to check them out and let me know what you think in the comments. Thanks for watching!

  • @neekerbreeker
    @neekerbreeker Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you!!! I needed to quickly learn how to do this for work and your video saved me.

    • @ChristopherLum
      @ChristopherLum  Před 3 lety

      I'm glad it was helpful. There is a related video on the channel. Please feel free to check it out and I would love to hear what you think in the comments. Thanks for watching!

  • @kenshindavitt3863
    @kenshindavitt3863 Před 6 lety

    Great Video. Thank you!

  • @helenkuni9039
    @helenkuni9039 Před 5 lety

    Great information, thanks!

  • @connorliebert9964
    @connorliebert9964 Před 6 lety +1

    Very helpful! Will be using in future

  • @jamesbeckett9917
    @jamesbeckett9917 Před 6 lety

    Helpful, thanks!

  • @TheBlackPiraka
    @TheBlackPiraka Před 5 lety

    Good to know for write-ups and other future documents

  • @Elinsinba
    @Elinsinba Před 3 lety

    Excellent. Thank you!

  • @jimbleman842
    @jimbleman842 Před 5 lety

    Didn't know this was a thing. Thanks.

  • @jibreelkhan
    @jibreelkhan Před 2 lety

    What an absolute legend!

  • @florencesimataa8052
    @florencesimataa8052 Před rokem

    Awesome tutorial. Thank you

  • @shawnstanley8492
    @shawnstanley8492 Před 6 lety

    Thank You!

  • @jadenmcclure4116
    @jadenmcclure4116 Před 6 lety

    Thank you!

  • @anthonyogwo1805
    @anthonyogwo1805 Před 4 lety

    Thanks, it was really helpful.

  • @mohamedtebbo123
    @mohamedtebbo123 Před 2 lety

    Yup , as always Brilliant Video !!! Keep it up !!

  • @mahbubhasan7168
    @mahbubhasan7168 Před 2 lety

    thanks a ton!!! It really helped!

  • @Michael-to9nt
    @Michael-to9nt Před 4 lety +1

    Life saver! Thank you :)

  • @MizanurRahmanITA
    @MizanurRahmanITA Před 2 lety

    Thank you so much... Great help.. Great presentation

  • @gorawgoshu8592
    @gorawgoshu8592 Před 4 lety +1

    Thank you! Very helpful

  • @tutsecret499
    @tutsecret499 Před 2 lety

    Thank you very much.

  • @MrJacojakes
    @MrJacojakes Před rokem

    Thank you, this saved me days of work

  • @wazieal-qadri5718
    @wazieal-qadri5718 Před 4 lety +1

    This video is very helpful. thank you a lot

  • @CADmodel
    @CADmodel Před 4 lety +1

    Thank you. It was very helpful

    • @ChristopherLum
      @ChristopherLum  Před 4 lety

      I'm glad it was helpful. I have another video covering how to create automatic bibliographies/references. Please feel free to check it out and let me know what you think. Thanks for watching!

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    @newmanlord7130 Před 2 lety

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  • @divyachoudhary2925
    @divyachoudhary2925 Před 2 lety

    Very informative and helped me a lot when I was in trouble.

    • @ChristopherLum
      @ChristopherLum  Před 2 lety

      Hi,
      Thanks for the kind words, I'm glad you enjoyed the video. If you find these videos helpful, I hope you'll consider supporting the channel via Patreon at www.patreon.com/christopherwlum or via the 'Thanks' button underneath the video. Given your interest in this topic, I'd love to have you a as a Patron as I'm able to talk/interact personally with all Patrons. Thanks for watching!
      -Chris

  • @arthurliu7813
    @arthurliu7813 Před 6 lety

    Great video

  • @narendrabasel4723
    @narendrabasel4723 Před 2 lety

    Thanks it's helpfull for me

  • @mercysamuel1838
    @mercysamuel1838 Před 3 lety

    very helpful

  • @derejeassefa4736
    @derejeassefa4736 Před 4 lety

    Thank you.

  • @makfathi52
    @makfathi52 Před 3 lety

    Thanks for sharing . I was doing it the wrong way all the time until I thought ... wait a second, there must be a better way.

  • @punithaperiyasamy7199
    @punithaperiyasamy7199 Před 4 lety

    excellent

  • @fangshizhu9383
    @fangshizhu9383 Před 4 lety +2

    Thanks! One question: if in the figure caption, the first letter is the upper case as "Figure 1. xxxxxx", but when citing the figure in text, I want to cross reference as lower-case (even with a different font) as "see figure 1 shown below", how can I do that automatically without manually changing the first letter. Is there a way to format the in-text citation/cross reference format that will retain after unpdate the field?

    • @margaretdavis2627
      @margaretdavis2627 Před rokem

      In the same dialogue where you can choose whether it's going to be a figure label or a table label, you can also define your own label. I would just define one as "figure" with a lower-case f.

  • @cooltier6174
    @cooltier6174 Před rokem

    thanks man for this amazing guide, I want to know If I can change cross-reference figure from "Figure #" to "Fig #."

  • @aravindsp9425
    @aravindsp9425 Před 4 lety

    Good information.
    Can we cross refer automatically if the tables and figures comes under subsections, like Table 2.1.6 or Figure 3.1.4 ?

    • @nuothe11th
      @nuothe11th Před 4 lety

      Yup. There's an option involving "nest under chapter" or something like that.

  • @zulfiqarali-bb5kb
    @zulfiqarali-bb5kb Před 3 lety

    👍👍

  • @coolmanu55
    @coolmanu55 Před 2 lety

    if I copy some data in a word sub-section, how can we format everything from an existing sub-section to the new one ? can we do that ?

  • @ruyfernandez
    @ruyfernandez Před 2 lety +1

    Question. What if I want my figures to be named "Figure 1..." but when I refer to them I want to call them "Fig. 1"?

  • @tutsecret499
    @tutsecret499 Před 2 lety

    When you save this document with cross reference, bookmarks, table of contents, hyperlinks, e-mail, etc into PDF, are these features preserved or they disappear in pdf format?

  • @tanmaykolhatkar8407
    @tanmaykolhatkar8407 Před 4 lety

    Is there any way to cross reference equations as well? I use # followed by equation number to mark my equations but never found a way to cross reference them like figures and tables

    • @phreakyphoenix
      @phreakyphoenix Před 3 lety

      Using the method below you can cross-reference them using bookmarks, but if the equation number updates, the reference won't auto-update. blog.carlsrm.tech/research%20tips/research/paper%20formatting/2020/11/12/Add-cross-referencing-in-your-paper-pdfs-created-with-MS-Word.html

  • @hanle6517
    @hanle6517 Před 3 lety

    What if my partner did not reference 10 pages of the doc (more than 50 numbers need to be crossed reference) and when I combine my doc with him, it is a mess! what should I do?

  • @phugoid
    @phugoid Před 4 lety

    Excellent although anyone watching should skip the first 9 minutes :)

  • @muhammadhairulhazuanhairud2546

    you so handsome man. thanks for the video

  • @nannyophelie3517
    @nannyophelie3517 Před 4 lety +2

    It starts at 12:03

  • @nateneedssomethin
    @nateneedssomethin Před 5 lety

    saw it

  • @purplespark8
    @purplespark8 Před 4 lety

    Good and well explained.. but I have to say it wasn't useful to me as I already know about this.
    What I want to find is a way to quickly cross reference. I find it really hectic always having to go to Insert/Cross reference etc. Also, the right hand side drop down always seems to default to Entrire Caption. Is there a way to speed it all up? Thanks

    • @phreakyphoenix
      @phreakyphoenix Před 3 lety +1

      The method here is definitely much faster, using bookmarks and keyboard shortcuts, but it is not going to update the references if the order of the citations etc changes, I'm not sure that's what you want but sharing it in case it helps blog.carlsrm.tech/research%20tips/research/paper%20formatting/2020/11/12/Add-cross-referencing-in-your-paper-pdfs-created-with-MS-Word.html

  • @timwillson4005
    @timwillson4005 Před 3 lety

    Very helpful, but please try to limit the number of times you say "go ahead"

  • @Our1stPlanet
    @Our1stPlanet Před rokem +1

    The what not to do is superflous.

  • @21Arrozito
    @21Arrozito Před 4 lety

    This is a nice video but it took a wee bit too long to get to the point, time codes would be helpful.

  • @Tobi_Jones
    @Tobi_Jones Před 4 lety +1

    skip the first half of this video to get to the actual content

  • @MatsNorway
    @MatsNorway Před 4 lety

    Mine is grayed out

  • @drafezard7315
    @drafezard7315 Před 4 lety

    Helpful video but way too slow had to put it on 1.5x speed.

  • @soo91soo12
    @soo91soo12 Před 2 lety

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    • @ChristopherLum
      @ChristopherLum  Před 2 lety

      Hi,
      Thanks for the kind words, I'm glad you enjoyed the video. If you find these videos helpful, I hope you'll consider supporting the channel via Patreon at www.patreon.com/christopherwlum or via the 'Thanks' button underneath the video. Given your interest in this topic, I'd love to have you a as a Patron as I'm able to talk/interact personally with all Patrons. Thanks for watching!
      -Chris

  • @RIDDONS
    @RIDDONS Před 3 lety

    Has anyone here actually used this stuff though?

  • @dr.mohamedmowafy7632
    @dr.mohamedmowafy7632 Před 2 lety

    please go straight to the point and make it short, thank you

  • @multiforc271
    @multiforc271 Před 4 lety

    great waste of time, i'm sure there are many things to learn in this video for me at least, but you have added so many time consuming and unnecessary thing to prolong the time, as I assume, maybe I am wrong.
    but i don't want to waste 20 min to hear 2 min useful material.

  • @johnshanafelt2239
    @johnshanafelt2239 Před 5 lety

    Thank You!