Is there a reason you can't just bookmark the range where all this linked content resides, then insert a Table of contents pointing to the bookmarked range?

PS: Please update your profile. Somehow I doubt you're using the 15 years old Office 2000.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]

Whoops, sorry. Yes, you're right I'm not using an ancient version of Office.

Can you explain your idea a little bit more?

The document I'm creating uses the tables for random item generation for a roleplaying game. They are all in the first chapter of the book/document. The items do not always (often) have self-explanatory names, so each category has its own later chapter with complete descriptions.

As the tables are to be used for random generation, I am linking each item in the tables to their later place in the document for easier reference.

My problem does not prevent me from this task, it is just making it more tedious than it needs to/should be. (As might be evidenced by how many chapters/categories there are)