Hi,

- I have a Word file, with a lot of similar tables. The tables are essentially the same with the same headers and number of columns.

- For instance, let's assume that one of the cells in the table has a content description (It's really an issue, described elaborately in at least a long sentence). The issues are different, across rows and tables and so this content changes across tables.

- The requirement is to number this cell, to list out the issues (maybe in a custom TOC), so that all the issues are listed and linked to. Note: Each issue should be linked to a unique number, which shouldn't change.

I have tried creating a new style to apply to this cell (which is linked to a multilevel list so that it increments sequentially), so that whenever a new issue is created, users can apply the style to this particular cell. In the end, just generate the custom TOC with just this style to get the list of issues.

The problem here is that, when a user adds a new row/issue (in an existing or a new-similar table in the middle of the document), the numbering changes. and the following issues are then assigned n+1 numbers respectively. This is not expected and each issue, once assigned a number, should retain it irrelevant of row addition/deletion.

Is this possible in Word?