It is now the latter half of 2019... Is there any better solution to this yet? Specifically, I would like to add one cross-reference (NOT a hyperlink), that displays as follows:



Chapter 3. Getting started on page 3.19

The chapter number, name, and page number should be dynamic, and it would be great if the static text could be also so that it's one long clickable link, easy to search and replace to update. I can do this manually by inserting:

Chapter { REF _Ref21501329 \r \h }. { REF _Ref21501618 \h} on page { PAGEREF _Ref21501725 \h }

However, it would be soooo much better/faster/easier if I could insert ONE cross reference and skip the drama of adding multiple cross-ref fields and manually typing the text each time.

Just hoping there's been progress...

Thanks!

This has not changed, AFAIK. Fields are an old technology in Word and have not changed much since the 90s.

If it is truly important to you, you might be able to talk Greg Maxey, Paul Edstein, Lene Fredborg or Graham Mayor into writing an Add-In for this. Doing so is beyond my abilities. I am not saying they would volunteer to do this without compensation. I do not know that there is a great demand for this capability.