I've seen the various posting about not being able to place fields in headers
and footers but that you can use a cross reference (in an unprotected
document). However, my cross reference is not being updated until the
document is printed or displayed in print preview.

I assume this is because the cross reference is appearing before the field
in the document. However as the first variable I am trying to display is the
companies legal entity I am unable to change its position.

Is there a way around this problem?

With thanks

Jeremy: The best you can do is force an update. It has nothing to do with
the placement of the cross-reference.
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"Jeremy" wrote in message
...
I've seen the various posting about not being able to place fields in
headers
and footers but that you can use a cross reference (in an unprotected
document). However, my cross reference is not being updated until the
document is printed or displayed in print preview.

I assume this is because the cross reference is appearing before the field
in the document. However as the first variable I am trying to display is
the
companies legal entity I am unable to change its position.

Is there a way around this problem?

With thanks

Instead of a bookmark and a Ref field, use a custom character style and a
StyleRef field. I've found that these update immediately.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"Jeremy" wrote in message
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I've seen the various posting about not being able to place fields in
headers
and footers but that you can use a cross reference (in an unprotected
document). However, my cross reference is not being updated until the
document is printed or displayed in print preview.

I assume this is because the cross reference is appearing before the field
in the document. However as the first variable I am trying to display is
the
companies legal entity I am unable to change its position.

Is there a way around this problem?

With thanks

For instructions on doing what Charles recommends, see
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/StyleRef.htm

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
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Instead of a bookmark and a Ref field, use a custom character style and a
StyleRef field. I've found that these update immediately.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"Jeremy" wrote in message
...
I've seen the various posting about not being able to place fields in
headers
and footers but that you can use a cross reference (in an unprotected
document). However, my cross reference is not being updated until the
document is printed or displayed in print preview.

I assume this is because the cross reference is appearing before the
field
in the document. However as the first variable I am trying to display
is
the
companies legal entity I am unable to change its position.

Is there a way around this problem?

With thanks