Create reference in document that will update if text changed

Have you tried deleting the cross-reference, adding the text, and then
recreating the cross-reference?

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Beach Lover" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Stefan. But how do I do this when it's the FIRST entry....there's
no
previous number.

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

When you press Enter at the beginning of a bookmarked paragraph Word will
expand the bookmark to include the newly added text. The workaround is to
always press Enter *at the end* of the previous paragraph. In cases when
you
have already gotten into "trouble," you can delete and reinsert the
cross-reference.

Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Beach Lover" wrote in message
...
I'm still having a problem with cross-referencing numbered items. When
I
create a cross-reference to an item that is listed as number 1, the
cross-reference works UNTIL I change the content of number 1 and then
hit
enter at the end of the text (which moves the original content of
number 1
to
number 2). My original cross-reference should now be looking at number
2,
but it is still looking at number 1 (my guess is because number "1"
didn't
move positions....only the content moved).

My cross-reference is still looking at number 1 which is no longer
correct
since the data that used to be in number 1 is now in number 2.

When I cross-reference any number AFTER number 1 and make changes,
everything works correctly.

How can insert information before number 1 so that my cross-reference
will
work correctly?



"Beach Lover" wrote:

Thanks, I had forgotten about that one. I also made a macro button to
click
on for updating fields.

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

I'm glad you got it sorted!

Just in case you haven't yet found the "Update fields before
printing"
option, I'd like to mention that it's located in the Display
category
of the
Word Options dialog box (which you can open by clicking the Office
button
and then clicking Word Options).

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Beach Lover" wrote in
message
...
I'm using Word 2007. Sorry for leaving that off. I had
everything
like
you
said but couldn't figure out how to get the data to refresh after
the
change
was made. Selecting all and then F9 or clicking on Print Preview
did
the
trick. Thanks!

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Use the Cross-reference dialog box to insert a reference to a
heading or
numbered item (whichever is appropriate). That inserts REF fields
which
you
can update by selecting the whole document and pressing F9.
Switching to
Print Preview and then back to your favorite view will also force
an
update.
You may also want to set the option to update fields on print.

If you need more detailed instructions, please tell us your
version
of
Word.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Beach Lover" wrote in
message
...
I am making a reference in my document (Refer to Section 3-10).
If
my
Sectoin 3-10 changes to Sectoin 3-14, how can I get this
"reference" to
automatically change to the new number?