3 September 2018
Combining cross-references in MS Word
I use MS Word for a lot of my writings (though I’ve come to dislike it intensely for more mathematical work). Cross-referencing Figures and Tables is a great time-saver, no matter how short you think the document will be, and how confident you are there will not be additional figures plopped into the middle! Rarely have I regretted the microseconds it takes to click Insert > Citation, and then Insert > Cross Reference.
But, this has bugged me for years:
Figure 8, Figure 9, and Figure 10 show that…
It should clearly be:
Figures 8, 9, and 10 show that…
(Note the vitally-important Oxford Comma!) Or better yet:
Figures 8-10 show that…
But how can this be done in MS Word? At last I found the answer. Enjoy: http://wordfaqs.ssbarnhill.com/CombineXrefs.htm
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” The road bridge is itself two independent bridge structures, while the rail bridge is a single bridge structure supporting two ballasted rail tracks.”
From The Conversion
You and your colleague should have seen a video of the bridge building before writing this NONSENSE and/or visiting the works !
The rail bridge is made of TWO DIFFERENT STRUCTURES side by side and not a SINGLE BRIDGE STRUCTURE ”
Ps : I made a picture of your intervention in The Conversation and sent it in Russia ! ;0)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZGtrDH0RFQ&t=307s