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You receive a "Reference Source not found" error message when you change numbering formats for a caption in Word 2003

Symptoms

In Microsoft Office Word, if you insert a caption in a document, insert a cross reference, and then insert another caption with a different numbering format, the cross reference displays the following error message:
Error! Reference Source not found.

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Cause

This problem may occur if you click to select the
Exclude label from caption check box in the initial caption.

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section of this article.

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Keywords: kboffice12yes, kbfreshness2006, kbsweptsoltax, kbentirenet, kberrmsg, kbprb, kb

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Article Info
Article ID : 827736
Revision : 2
Created on : 7/3/2017
Published on : 7/3/2017
Exists online : False
Views : 113