

The first is to examine the bookmarks used for the cross-references and make sure that they don't include the hard return or page break characters. There are two potential solutions to this problem. If you add information to the heading-including a hard return or a page break-then that added information is included in the bookmarked text and therefore in the cross-reference. The bookmark is used to mark the heading (in this case) and the field is used to reference that bookmark. Word implements cross-references through a combination of a bookmark and a field. Why does this work this way? It is very simple, really. Worse yet, you won't be able to delete the hard return or page break at the point of cross-reference, only in the heading. In other words, if you put a hard return or a page break in front of a cross-referenced heading, then that hard return or page break will be reflected in the cross-reference, as well.
#Update all cross references in word 2013 update#
What if your cross-reference develops strange behavior, such as always having a hard return before the text or a page break before it? Carefully read the paragraph above and you will discover the answer: If you update the text in the heading, Word automatically updates the text in the cross-reference. If you do the cross-reference properly (as has been detailed in other WordTips), then whenever you update the text in the heading, Word automatically updates the text in the cross-reference as well. For instance, you may have a heading on one page that you want to cross-reference on another.

A typical use for this ability is to cross-reference the contents of a heading. Word allows you to insert cross-references in your document to other places in your document.
