Friday, July 18, 2014

Continuous Section Break turned into Next Page Section Break?

In order for me to use show different text on the odd and even pages, I had to create a lot of section breaks, with some "Continuous" ones and others, "Next Page."

Unfortunately, there was this one "Continuous" section break that stubbornly insists on turning itself into a "Next Page" section break. After testing all around, I found out that the footnote in the next paragraph was the culprit.


So I found out that if I remove footnote 146 in the pix above, the continuous section break will function the way it is supposed to be.


Though it might not be the most elegant way to tackle it, at least this workaround serve the purpose for me and help me answer the question, "Why on earth is this happening to me?" 8-X

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Automatically updating cross-reference info in footnote or endnote

If you insert document information using the cross-reference function of MS word, information such as page number or heading title could be inserted automatically in the main texts or in the footnote/endnote section.

Cross-reference
You have to be careful though because the automatically inserted information such as page number does not get updated "automatically" after you make changes to the file.  To demonstrate it to you, I deleted the first 10 pages of my file but the information in the footnote remained the same.

footnote
It's easy to get the issue resolve.

First, put the cursor inside of the footnote section and select all (ctrl+A).
Second, press F9 and a window will pop up warning you that the action is irreversible.


After you press yes, the information will get refreshed, and the updated and correct information will be shown.


So ... select all and F9. That's it.

Sunday, July 6, 2014

Canon PowerShot Communication Error?

Tried to connect my PowerShot SX280 HS to the computer and saw this error message at the bottom of the screen: "Communication Error."

Apparently, when it happens, it's because there are more than 1000 pictures on (the disk of) your camera. What you have to do to get the pictures downloaded is to either using a card reader to get the pictures off or making sure there are less than 1000 pictures.

An issue known by Canon.