


The options displayed depend upon what you’ve selected in the Reference type field. The element that you want to return from the referenced item. Lastly, I’ll discuss a really helpful add-on that makes Word’s cross-reference feature much more user friendly. I’ll also discuss how to avoid a common error that can happen when using cross-references and how to troubleshoot errors when they do occur. In this post, I’ll cover how to insert and refresh cross-references. Fortunately, Word provides a tool for inserting dynamic references, meaning the references will update to reflect the current text of the referenced information with a simple key combination that refreshes all the dynamic items in your document. If you type “See page 30,” and the topic rolls onto page 31, your cross-reference will no longer be correct. When writing a complex document, such as a user’s guide or proposal, you may find occasions in which you want to direct the reader to another section of the document. Today’s post discusses how to create and maintain dynamic cross-references. In case you missed it, my last post covered custom properties which support content reuse and are a wonderful accoutrement to templates. If this resolves your problem, close the question, that will help other people with the same question.Welcome to Part 6 of the Harnessing the Power of Microsoft Word series. If this answer helped you, please accept it by clicking the check mark to the left and, karma permitting, upvote it. If you prefer a single heading before the notes, see Heading for endnotes page in this site. Since the endnotes are collected in pages with page style Endnotes, you can add a header in this page style and the header is repeated on every page.

Select the newly inserted reference and give it character style Footnote Anchor or Endnote Anchor so that it has the same formatting as other occurrences. In Type, select Endnotes or Footnotes click on the relevant note in Selection choose Reference in Insert reference to click Insert. This creates an internal bookmark.įor the subsequent occurrences, use a cross-reference to this bookmark. Insert the first occurrence of note as usual.
