How to display figure number only in cross reference

Anonymous
2012-03-09T17:01:27+00:00

Is there a way to have a cross reference to a figure only display the number, without displaying the label?

For example, I want to reference several figures at once, so it is most natural to say "see Figures 1,3,6, and 9".  It is less natural to say "see Figure 1, Figure 3, Figure 6, and Figure 9",

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Stefan Blom 352.7K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2012-03-09T19:53:23+00:00

After you have inserted the cross-reference, add a so-called numeric picture switch to specify a number format. To do that, press Alt+F9 to display field codes; you'll find that the cross-references are REF fields. Add # "0" to the end of the relevant REF fields. Press Alt+F9 again to hide the codes, and press F9 to update fields in the selection.

Alternatively, manually add a bookmark around the figure number and then insert a cross-reference to the bookmark text.

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Stefan Blom 352.7K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2012-03-15T22:46:33+00:00

OK, if heading numbering is included with the captions, you can't use the workaround with the numeric switch.

Edit: You actually can use a numeric switch; see Suzanne's article at http://wordfaqs.mvps.org/CombineXrefs.htm.

As previously suggested, you can add a bookmark around the caption number and insert a cross-reference to bookmark text. Alternatively, use the "kludgy" workaround in the article at http://wordfaqs.mvps.org/CombineXrefs.htm.

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-03-15T20:26:48+00:00

    That did something, but it didn't work exactly as I expected.  Before, I said had a reference "Figure 3-9".  When I hit ALT+F9, it said "REF _Ref300126493 \h".  After I changed that to "REF _Ref300126493 \h# "0"", the refernce didn't become "3-9".  Instead, it became "12".

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-03-19T13:54:57+00:00

    Thanks, the "kludgy" solution in the link (which seems to change the original figure bookmark) kind of works, but your solution to create a new bookmark is more versatile.  When I tried the kludgy solution, it changed every instance of a reference to the same figure, but your “new bookmark” solution has 2 bookmarks for the same figure (the original with the label, and the new without the label), which allowed me to create some cross-references without the label name, while leaving the label name in other instances.

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  3. Stefan Blom 352.7K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2012-03-19T14:11:35+00:00

    Well, the "kludgy" solution is called kludgy for a reason. :-)

    I'm glad I could help, and thank you for the follow-up!

    [Edit: fixed formatting in post]

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