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My Number Cross-referencing is Out of Whack
The numbered items in my document (146 in all) have been working fine for a very long time, except for an occasional 'Error: Reference not found' error when I press F9 to recalculate the references, and those have always been fixable by simply re-adding them. But now I inserted a new item 1, and when I attempted to reference if (via References > Cross-reference) it inserted the number 2 instead of 1. When I Ctrl-Click that reference, it goes straight to number 1 as it should, but it still shows 2.
Also, a reference to a number 9 elsewhere in the document gave an 'Error:Reference not found' error when I pressed F9 a while ago. And when I re-inserted it (via References > Cross-reference as usual), it entered number 13. The real reference to the real 13 goes to the real 13 as it should. And the reference to number 9 (mis-labeled as 13) goes to 9 as it should. But it still says 13, and when I try to re-insert any of these numbers (via Insert > Field > Listnum as always) it keeps making the same mistakes, labeling reference 1 as '2' and labeling reference 9 as '13'. When I view this via other 'Views' like Full Screen Reading the mistakes are still there. Any ideas as to what could be wrong and how to fix it? |
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I closed the document and re-opened it, and the problem magically disappeared!
But any ideas on what might have led to the problem would be welcome. |
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In my experience, the likely culprits are
- fields not being updated (may be more complicated in fields are locked) - tracked revisions. If it resolved in a restart of Word then perhaps it was the fields not being updated (and you have checked the option to update fields on open).
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