Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003. If you are using a later version (Word 2007 or later), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for later versions of Word, click here: Inserting Page Number Cross-References.
Word includes the capacity to add cross-references to page numbers in your document. For instance, you can insert a field that will automatically refer to a bookmark on another page. If the page number containing the bookmark changes, the page number cross-reference changes as well. To insert a page number cross-reference, follow these steps:
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2018-09-03 01:37:11
Mukund Toro
Thank you. Just what the doctor ordered. Thanks a million!
2017-05-09 01:11:03
An
So, how do you update all the bookmarks at once, when you have finished the document?
2016-05-04 11:48:54
olexi
I cannot figure it out how to bookmark page numbers without having pages automatically referred to the same bookmark.
please help!!!
2016-02-16 02:36:29
March
Thanks! It help me a lot!
2016-02-05 14:02:16
Andy
You have got to be kidding it is this difficult
2015-02-24 14:05:05
Stuart
I need to cite the page number(s) of a block of text that may, or may not, span more than 1 page. For example, if the reference is all on page 18 I want to say, "see page 18". (Duh :->). However, if that block continues on to page 19 then I want it to say "see pages 18-19". I can possibly try using 2 bookmarks - Start and End, and then an IF field such that {If Page Start = Page End Then "see page Start" Else "see pages Start-End". But that seems way to much work. Is there any other built in way? I tried bookmarking the entire block, but Word only put in the starting page number.
2015-01-24 20:11:31
Juliet
I already have the index completed; however, the contents did not link to the respective pages as did the table of contents.
Please help.
2014-10-22 04:14:44
Mohamed
Thanks. It works well !
2014-07-16 01:13:55
Ashley
Thanks -- very helpful!
2013-10-16 15:03:22
Zach
Thank you! Very quick and easy explanation.
2013-05-09 19:50:52
Thanks useful info for tech writing
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