I've been using MS Word's features for cross-referencing figures automatically so I wouldn't have to worry about renaming figures if I need to change their order in my document. I had to change the order of some figures and now there are some figures with the same number and the numbers in the text are not updating.


If I try to update all fields by Ctrl + A followed by F9, it only updates the table of contents. The figure numbers and cross-references to figure numbers do not update. Also, I have to go through each figure and update its number manually, then delete the cross-reference and make a new one which completely negates any advantage there was to doing it manually; in fact, typing in the numbers manually would be much quicker than going through the cross-referencing menus.




Office 365.