RE: Creating Technical Documents in Word

["Wright, Lynne" <Lynne -dot- Wright -at- Kronos -dot- com>]

I'm using a recent version of Word. I just checked, and nope, you cannot add a cross-reference that links to a line number. 



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On 3/8/2018 10:01 AM, Wright, Lynne wrote:
> So how do you use line numbers as "reference points"?

I think they would be useful reference points in meetings and conversations.

> Can you set cross-reference links to them?

You can "go to" a line number on the current page but I don't see where you can reference a line number on a specific page. I'm using ancient Word, maybe modern Word has options that my Word does not.



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