Try selecting the ones that are out of sequence and then press F9 (to update
the fields)

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"Jeff" wrote in message
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I have some figures whose numbers are out of order sequence. For instance
Figure 3 appears before Figure 2. How do I correct the numbers? If I just
delete the number and change it will that break the cross references?

Thanks.

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Jeff Stevens
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