Write an AutoOpen macro (saved in Normal.dot) to Ctrl+A, F9.

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"Faith" wrote in message
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But there should be a way for Word to AUTOMATICALLY update
cross-references
and TOC fields (page numbers, in both cases) with the document is opened.
Do
you know of a way to configure this? I don't want my doc users to have to
manually update all the cross-references and TOCs by pressing F9.

"Doug Robbins" wrote:

Have you tried Ctrl+A then F9? If the referred item still exists in the
document, the cross reference to it should then be updated.

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"Seb" wrote in message
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I write large reports and I use the cross referecne feature for tables
and
figures in Word XP extensively in my texts. Unfortunately now and
then I
have to rearrange or add/remove some of these tables and figures via
the
caption feature. The table/figure numbers are updated automatically
and
correctly, I apprecieate that

However, the cross-references in the texts themselves are not updated

In fact, the hyperlinks also point in the wrong places. That means I
have
to scan through every cross references and manually make alterations
to
these
references. I think that defeats the supposedly intended purpose of
having
the cross-reference feature in the first place. Perhaps this is a
bug?