Getting a table entry to update elsewhere

[Soccerman58]

Hi
Word 2003 on XP

I have a situation that is rather difficult to explain. I have a doc from
our engineers (it's actually a test plan, if that rings any bells).
In the body of the doc is a series of instructions: Turn unit on, check for
this, plug in that, read this, etc. Each step has to be given a number. That
number has to appear later in the Data Sheet, so the need is for a series of
numbers for the tests that can be cross-referenced into the Data sheet so
that if the test number changes the data sheet will automatically update.

The best we have come up with ourselves is to create a table for the tests
and put a header in column 1 of the table and then we can cross-ref back to
that header from the Data Sheet.

The problem with that is we get a bunch of extra headings appearing in the
toc. Does anyone please have a more sensible way of doing this please?
Thanks
Phil

 

[Anne Troy]

Phil: Can you create a fill-in form? Sounds like the perfect solution.
Here's the super-duper-double-whammy instructions:
http://www.officearticles.com/tutor..._creating_fill-in_forms_in_microsoft_word.htm
Here's the non-noobie instructions:
http://www.officearticles.com/word/create_a_fill-in_form_in_microsoft_word.htm
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Hope it helps!
Anne Troy
www.OfficeArticles.com

 

[Soccerman58]

I can give it a shot, thanks
Phil

Phil: Can you create a fill-in form? Sounds like the perfect solution.
Here's the super-duper-double-whammy instructions:
http://www.officearticles.com/tutor..._creating_fill-in_forms_in_microsoft_word.htm
Here's the non-noobie instructions:
http://www.officearticles.com/word/create_a_fill-in_form_in_microsoft_word.htm
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Hope it helps!
Anne Troy
www.OfficeArticles.com