[xppuser]

dear all,

office 2003 sp2 and xp pro sp2,

i have some 300+ page document with tables and figures. i've used 'caption'
function to captioned the tables and figures, and used cross-reference to
hyperlink these tables and figures citations within the text to the actual
tables and figures themselves, which may be some pages away.

i was under the impression (perhaps falsely) that if i moved or deleted any
tables or figures the numbering of the remaining tables and figures would
re-jig themselves automatically. but that didn't seem to happen. i have moved
a couple of figures (the actual figures themselves, not their citations in
the text) yet the numbering stayed the same i.e. they are out of sequence.

what i have done is to then manually delete the cross-reference entries that
hyperlinked to these figures, delete the captioning on the actual figures and
re-apply captioning and cross-referencing. this seems to be rather tedious
and counter-productive for a supposedly productivity enhancing tools so i
think i may not be doing something right.

would appreciate help and advice:

1. am i doing it right in handling moving and deleting?
2. if not how can i be done correctly?
3. when i do ctrl and click on the hyperlink, the action takes me to the
linked tables/figures, what can i do to go back to the page that contain the
hyperlink that i just clicked on (short of having to remember the page, then
using goto page option)?

thanks for your help,
jes