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#### 6.11.2.3 Weighing cross-reference behavior trade-offs

Every version of Microsoft Word seems to behave differently with respect to cross references. To ensure accurately displayed cross references, you might have to target a single version of Word, and you might have to give up one or more of the following:

• revision tracking

• updating cross references

• using cross references as live links.

Wrapping cross references as hypertext links avoids some problems, causes others:

[WordOptions]

; WrapXrefs = Yes (default, wraps full xref format content as

; hyperlink, but displays xrefs as errors on Word 2000) or No

WrapXrefs=Yes

When WrapXrefs=Yes, cross references look and work as expected, but updating an interfile reference might cause a cannot-open-file error message to replace the text of the reference in Word 2000, even though the referenced file is present.

When WrapXrefs=No and LockXrefs=Yes, cross references are not active.

When WrapXrefs=No and LockXrefs=No, only the following cross references are active:

• Word 2000: cross references to target markers within the same file.

• Word 2003 and later versions: cross references to target markers in other files.

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| Mif2Go User's Guide: 6.11.2.2 Making cross references active and updatable |  | Mif2Go User's Guide: 6.11.2.4 Producing numeric vs. full-text cross references |