In a cross reference, is it possible to have the period at the end of a figure caption not display in the text of the cross-reference?

[Beth3141]

My company's writing guidelines state that the figure # and caption be displayed when referencing a figure that is on a different page. All of my captions have periods. Is there any way to hide the period in the X-ref?

I now have, "see Figure 14, "caption.," on page 55."

I want, "see Figure 14, "caption," on page 55."

Have searched this forum and the book Unstructured FM 11 without success.

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.

Frances

[Arnis Gubins]

Unfortunately, the period is part of the paragraph content, so it will always be present when you use the <$paratext> building block. In order to get of the period a the end of the cross-ref, you have to get rid of it in the source paragraph.

Try modifying the caption paratag to be a run-in to a new partag that holds only the punctuation (use the next pgf setting in the caption paratag to make entry easier). Clumsy, but it will satisfy your corporate style guidelines.

[Beth3141]

Thanks, Arnis. I suspected there wasn't a simple solution.