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Style references
Apart from cross-references (detailed on the previous pages), you can also insert
so-called style references into the text.
A style reference is a field that functions as follows: It searches the document
(from the place where you inserted it) backwards for text that is formatted in the
paragraph style you specified – and displays the first text found.
This can be helpful, for example, in the following situation:
Large documents are often organized according to an outline; i.e. headings with
several levels are used. The easiest way to accomplish this is to format all headings
with the provided paragraph styles “Heading 1”, “Heading 2”, etc. When you have
done that, you can insert a style reference field at any place in the text. If you let it
search for e.g. the style “Heading 1”, it will find – and display – the main heading
of the text segment where you inserted it.
Accordingly, such fields are often used in the headers or footers of books and other
large documents, in order to display the main heading of the current chapter.
Inserting a style reference field
To insert a style reference field into the text, proceed as follows:
1. Move the text cursor to the place in the text where the style reference field is to
be inserted.
2. Invoke the Insert > Field command.
3. In the left list, select the entry Style Reference.
4. In the right list, select the style to be searched for.
5. Click on the Insert button.
TextMaker now inserts the style reference field into the text.
The field then automatically searches for text formatted with the specified paragraph
style. It first searches backwards (towards the beginning of the document). If
nothing is found in this direction, it also searches forwards (towards the end of the
document).
As soon as text formatted in the given style is found, the field displays that text.
Thus, if you had chosen e.g. the paragraph style “Heading 1”, the field displays the
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