#HOW TO UPDATE ALL CROSS REFERENCES IN WORD 2010 CODE#
The "_Ref47603047" portion of this field code is a system-generated bookmark that is hidden. If you, instead, insert a cross-reference to a heading in the document, it will look similar to this: The parameter (in this case \h) is controlled by the Insert Reference To drop-down list in the Cross-reference dialog box. The "MyBookmark" part is the bookmark name you are cross-referencing to. For instance, if you insert a cross-reference to a bookmark, then the field that is inserted looks like this: Each type of reference utilizes a different variation of the REF field to insert the actual cross-reference. In the dialog box, using the Reference Type drop-down list, you can choose the type of cross-reference you want to create. You see, when you insert a cross-reference, Word displays the Cross-reference dialog box. How you approach it, though, is going to depend on how you created the cross-reference. If you only need to perform this task once in a while, you can do it manually. James wonders if there is a way to find out if there are any cross-references to the text (and bookmark) that he is thinking of deleting. Sometimes, in the process of editing, he may need to delete something that he previously bookmarked. This inserts the reference into the text.James bookmarks items in his documents for the sake of cross-referencing. In the dialog box, select "Numbered item", "Paragraph number", then the reference Is to be inserted, then click "Insert" -> "Reference" -> "Cross-reference". Then, we need to insert it into the text. Now, we have a proporly numbered reference list. In the dialog box, select the numbering style, then click OK.
Then right-click on the list, select "Bullets and Numbering". Lets take a list of references, enable numbering by highlighting the list first, Working with references is similar as with figures described above. I then switched the positions of Figure 2 and 3.Īnd then, press Ctrl+A, then F9. Then, what if I want to move figures around? I assume you will say, this looks good, if you never used this before.
This updates all the figure number automatically. Instead of searching and replacing all the figure numbers in the text, click "Edit" -> "Select All" (or, Ctrl + A), which select the entire document, then, press "F9". Notice that, the original figure 1 is now figure 2. It is automatically inserted as figure 1. I inserted another figure named, "This is the What happens if I want to insert another figure at the very beginning of the document. Now, we have Figure inserted in the text. In the dialog box, select "Figure" as "Reference type", then select "Only labelĪnd number", pick "Figure 1. Then, we can insert the figure number into the text, as "Figure 1". Similarly, I created Figure 2, named "This is figure two.". Now, Figure 1 is created, named "This is figure one.".
Click on "Insert" -> "Reference"Ī dialog box should pop up. What about references? I will show you how using "cross-reference" in MS Word could save you a lot of work.įirst, lets insert a figure in a document. Through the entire paper to fix the figure numbers. Insert/deleate a figure, or even move your figures around, you will need to search Did it even happen to you that, when you write a paper, then you decide to