linking numbered paragraphs

[Scott]

I have to prepare documents that contain internal
references, such as, "this paragraph refers to paragraph
5." The problem, as I see it, is that the documents get
long and are in a constant state of revision (could be a
personal problem there).

What I want to do is have a first paragraph (assigned #1)
numbered by Word and a second paragraph (assigned #2) that
references the number assigned to the text of the first
paragraph. Hence, if I insert a third paragraph ahead of
the first paragraph, (#1 changes to #2, #2 --> #3 and the
third para. is now #1) the reference in the second changes
from "1" to "2."

Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks,

Scott

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP - DELETE UPPERCASE CHARACT]

Hi Scott,

From the Insert menu, select Reference and then Cross-reference.

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[Scott]

Doug,

The cross-reference inserts a number, but that number then
remains constant, regardless of any changes to the
referenced paragraph.

Scott

 

[Margaret Aldis]

Hi Scott

Yes, if you select the options appropriately, and provided when you insert
new paragraphs you place your cursor at the end of the previous paragraph
and not at the beginning of the next one. (Reason - inserted text at the
beginning of a paragraph gets 'swept in' to the hidden bookmark that the
Xref refers to.)

Note also that you need to update fields to get the cross references to take
up the new numbering.

Suggest you have a look at the Help and experiment a little to see how it
works. For more detail, see

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;173404

(information on same document *only*)

 

[Scott]

I did the "update fields" without effect (previous posting)
the end v. beginning of the paragraph seems to be the trick
that I was missing.

Thanks,

Scott