Hello Patrick:
I posted my (two-line) question on the Adobe InDesign forum and I received an interesting reply that did help, although not in its entirety. I used part of a respondent’s solution, by creating a Character Style – something that we’re not in the habit of using – (in the same style as the regular body text, but with the no break checkbox selected). Now, once all of the cross references have been applied, I scan the document for Figure x, where it appears on two lines and just apply the Character Style to that reference. In a recent 30-page document, I encountered two instances…It may not be the best solution, but I’m satisfied with the result.
I have yet to try your suggestion regarding the grouping of figure numbers in the text. I’ll let you know.
Thanks for your help.

Thank you, Patrick, for your prompt response. I did try your suggestion, but unfortunately,

none of the several choices in the “Composer” field worked for me. Our “default” is set to

Adobe Paragraph Composer. It’s most unfortunate that Adobe do not have a simple way of

defining the parameters for the building blocks code. I’ll continue working on this. In the

meantime, have you discovered an elegant way of cross-referencing something similar to “See

Figures 1 to 3”? Until I find a better way, I’m showing, “See Figure 1, Figure 2 and Figure 3”,

which is a bit long-winded. Thanks again for your help.