How to make hyper link change text automatically

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Richard Lewis Haggard

Here's one I bet you wizards know how to do. I have a hyper text link in a
document that references a line whose style includes numbers. As a result,
as things move around, the numbers, of course, change. How can I set up the
hypertext link so that its text updates to have the same number in it?

In the following example, "6.1 File Features" refers to a line with a
numbered style. It has a hypertext link from elsewhere in the document that
looks like:

ConvertToRsXSL( see code in 6.1 File Features)

If a new section is added before the hypertext target, the hypertext itself
needs to update itself so that its text agrees with reality. How can this be
done?
 
Depending on how the numbering is implemented, you would either want to use
Insert - Reference - Cross-reference to that numbered item (if some kind of
automatic numbering is used); or bookmark the number, and insert a reference
to the bookmark.
 
If you use Insert | Reference | Cross-reference to "Numbered item" and check
the box for "Insert as hyperlink," the hyperlinked cross-reference will not
update entirely automatically, but it will be updated when you update fields
in the document.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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