Numbered list with cross reference strange results

[twgonder]

Hello, I remember trying this years ago in word, and never found the solution. I'm working on a large document with a huge numbered list, at the moment 10 legal pages long. I want a numbered list "paragraph" to be able to reference another in the same document, and do it properly after moving paragraphs around (in the final polishing) in the same numbered list. Here's what the version of Word is on Windows 10, Office 2016 Pro.

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This is a test document that I created. Five numbered list item have a reference to the next list item. 1 cross references to 2, 2 to 3, etc. 6 & 7 are for copy and paste testing. All cross references were created were created using full context, but I tried the other options without success.

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I created a new cross reference to show the dialog, this one uses only the paragraph option.

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And the result in the numbered list text fro the cross reference insertion.



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Now cut and paste list item 6. (This is bullet #6...) in front of list item #2

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You can see that after update, all the cross reference numbers increased appropriately, with the exception of list item 1. (This is bullet #1...) which should have the cross reference codes updating to 3 and not remaining at 2. Am I correct in thinking that the cross references to bullet #2 should now be on list item 3.?

I've searched for solutions. Some say to use a bookmark and others say it isn't necessary. Thanks for your insights.

Note: I would add the Word docx file and another example but this forum only allows 5 uploads per topic.