Make an AutoText entry as follows: In the body of any document, type the
brackets and the letter Q as regular text. Between the Q and the closing
bracket, insert a Sequence field, which supplies the number. Now select the
whole thing and press Alt+F3 and assign a name to the AutoText entry that
you wouldn't ordinarily use as a word, such as "qtag".

Each time you type that name in text, you'll see a yellow tooltip that says
"Press Enter to insert". Actually, you can press Enter, Tab, or F3, as any
of them will insert the AutoText entry.

If you insert new entries between existing ones, those that follow it don't
update automatically. You'll have to press Ctrl+A to select the whole
document and then press F9 to update the fields. (Alternatively, switch to
Print Preview and back.)

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.


Brian wrote:
I have a document where I want to insert "[Q1]", "[Q2]" etc at
selected points throughout. I would like the numbers to run in
sequence when I have finished, but I will not be entering them in
sequence. Is there some way of entering them so they put themselves
automatically in sequence.

I have looked at the Insert|Field|Sequence command, but I can't find
an option which will achieve that. Is there a way of doing it?

I am using Word 2000 on Windows 2000.