Can I have word auto update my footer?

[Eliezer]

Somewhere in the middle of my document, I have something
that says "Version 2.0". Can I somehow link my footer to
that so that if I change it to "Version 3.0" in the body
of the document, it will automatically update the footer?

Thanks!
Eliezer

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You can do this with a cross-reference (REF field) if you bookmark the text
or with a StyleRef field if you apply a specific style (it can be a
character style) to the text.

 

[Fredrik E. Nilsen]

Somewhere in the middle of my document, I have something
that says "Version 2.0". Can I somehow link my footer to
that so that if I change it to "Version 3.0" in the body
of the document, it will automatically update the footer?

No problem: You just have to insert a bookmark around the initial text
("version 2.0"). To do this select the text, click Insert -> Bookmark
and give the bookmark a name. Then go to the footer and click Insert
-> Field. In the Field name box on the left select Ref, and in the
Bookmark name box on the right select the name of the bookmark you
created.

Fredrik

 

[Eliezer]

Fredrik, thanks for your reply. When I go to the footer
to insert the bookmark, REF is not an option on the left
side - and I can do nothing to find the name of my
bookmark anywhere...

Thanks again,
Eliezer

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Type:
Ref "myBookmarkName"
Select what you just typed.
Press Ctrl-F9 to create a field and then F9 update it.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you've already inserted the bookmark and want to insert a cross-reference
to it, use Insert | Reference | Cross-reference, select Bookmark, then your
bookmark and the appropriate text to display (probably "Bookmark text").

 

[Eliezer]

Charles,

That *does* work - hooray/thanks! - but it doesn't update
automatically. Is there a way to do that?

Thanks,
Eliezer

 

[Eliezer]

Thank you very much Suzanne - but it doesn't automatically
update itself. Is there a way to do that?

Eliezer

 

[Charles Kenyon]

If in a footer, it should update when you print or use print preview.