autochanging list "go to step 6" if step inserted "go to step 7"

[sly]

I'm writing a complex process that involves many steps. It's kinda in a
choose your own adventure formating. For example step 15 might say "if yes go
to step 17, if no go to step 16". If I add a step I have to go through the
whole doc and update each go to number. Is there a way to have this linked
and auto updated?

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

I'm writing a complex process that involves many steps. It's kinda in a
choose your own adventure formating. For example step 15 might say "if yes go
to step 17, if no go to step 16". If I add a step I have to go through the
whole doc and update each go to number. Is there a way to have this linked
and auto updated?

It seems to me that the easiest would be to use Paragraph numbering. Create
a numbered style (Just modify Heading 1 if you are not already using it).
Apply that style to the steps themselves. You can format the number so that
it reads:

Step 1: blablablabla

instead of the standard:

1) blablalbablabla

Then, where ever you refer to those step numbers in your text, use a
Cross-reference (Insert > Reference > Cross-reference... > Numbered item
(Reference type > Paragraph Number (Insert reference to.

If you add/remove new steps, the numbering and the refrences will adjust
automatically.