[Stefan Blom]

Cross-references depend on hidden bookmarks. If the pasted text does
not include the bookmark, the cross-reference won't work. What happens
if you make sure to copy the entire paragraph to the other document,
and then update the figure and cross-reference fields?

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Ron" wrote in message ...
Well, I still can't figure out how to get my cross-refernces and
captions to
update properly.

So if anyone has any ideas, they'd be greatly appreciated.

Here's my old post:

I work with large user manuals containing many figure and table
captions
which are cross-referenced.

Since I'm writing similar documents for multiple products, I do a
lot of
copying and pasting paragraphs, tables, etc. between sections and
documents.

My basic problem is with keeping the numbering of my
cross-references tied
to their respective captions. If I copy/move one section to another
place in
my document, the captions can be updated, but their cross-references
can't.

How can I keep a cross-reference "linked" to its corresponding
caption
regardless of where I copy/move them to?

Here's an example.

Imagine the following is in section 2 of "document 1".

The physical dimensions of the ???? are listed below and shown in
Figure
2-2.

some image here

Figure 2-2: ???? Physical Dimensions

So, the first sentence has a cross-reference (Figure 2-2) to the
cation
(Figure 2-2) in the table.

Now, I copy the sentence and table above and paste it into section 5
of
"document 2". I update my fields and the following is the result.

The physical dimensions of the ???? are listed below and shown in
Figure
2-2.

some image here

Figure 5-9: ???? Physical Dimensions

You see how the cross-reference remains as "Figure 2-2", but the
caption
updates as Figure 5-9.

What I would like to have happen is that both the cross-reference
and
caption update to the correct placement in the new document; updated
to
"Figure 5-9" and Figure 5-9 for the above example.

In this way, you could imagine the cross-reference and caption are
"linked"
together in some way and are always updated correctly regardless of
where
they are pasted to in another document.

I hope this explanation helps.