Cross-references come in very handy in our documents and although most folks think that it is a very complicated process, Word really makes it very easy to use this feature.
Follow the steps below to learn how:
- Select the text you would like to be cross-referenced.
- Assign this text a bookmark name.
- Place your cursor where you would like the cross-reference to appear.
- Click Ctrl + F9 to insert field brackets. Be certain that your cursor stays in between the brackets.
- Key in ref followed by the name of the bookmark you assigned above.Click F9 to update the field information.
Word has now replaced the field with the text to which the bookmark was assigned.
Carol,
This might seem a simple procedure to you, & indeed I can see that for anyone wishing to use this feature regularly, it might soon also become simple.
For the rest of us who may come across the need for this feature only occasionally; we have the old problem: MS makes it obscure & difficult to find, nothing intuitive here.
Unless you can find your feature in a drop down menu box or in a search facility much better than MS currently deploys well; – just forget it!
Hi Carol – could I use this to create an index for, say, a family history that I’m trying to write
Cheers,
Barry