( Hint: If you use fields a lot and need to know where they are in your document, turn on the option to always show them shaded in gray. It should now hold for any future updates of that field. Next, click the Insert Reference To dropdown menu. It’s a big doc and this is very costly and. If I do an update of the cross references (which I’ve always done with your method 1, and now do twice in a row), the refs that go to the TOC change to the dreaded not found litany. In the Cross-Reference window, choose either Footnote or Endnote from the Reference Type dropdown menu. Half the cross references work, the other half take you to the TOC instead of the sec., fig., or table.
On the References tab, click the Cross-Reference button.
#Update cross references in word 2016 mac how to#
I’m not sure what causes it but here’s how to fix it: Or perhaps you’ve inserted the cross-reference in a table but the font used in the table is smaller than that used in the body text, yet the cross-reference displays in the larger font. Printing the Word document Once the document. Sometimes you’ll add a cross-reference to a figure or table, and part of it (the number usually) will display in bold text. When the cross-reference fields have been locked, go to File (using the ribbon-bar at the top) and click on Print.