In Word, you can use Cross-reference to refer to specific places within the document. Insert captions lets you label objects, figures, tables, equations.

Microsoft To have whatever text the authors enter in the text form field appear elsewhere in the document, add a cross-reference to the field wherever you want the repeated text to show up.

How to Update All Cross-References at Once in Word 2007. When you are creating a lengthy, laborious business file such as a contract or other legal document, using the cross-reference feature in ...

Image: insjoy, Getty Images/iStockPhoto The article How to update a page number reference in a Word document uses fields to update cross-references in a Microsoft Word document.

Instead, bookmark and cross-reference those page numbers and let Word update them all as needed. In a future article, I’ll show you a few macros that can update references for you.

I made the list of references for my thesis and added cross references where I reference the references (same for figures). Everything works unless I try to re-order the references. If I do that ...