Hi Friends!

I am sorry for bothering you with what may be a no-brainer for others but I am not able to decern myself how to do this.

On page 34 (for example) I want to reference another location in the doc like "We will discuss this more on page #$%". Now I will not know what page that actually is until the whole doc is finished, but I want it to be correct the whole time I am working on the doc so I will have to update it in real-time. I looked at cross references but I could seem to find what I need, which is simply a reference to a page number.



Thank You

Susan

Hi, Susan,

Actually, it sounds like you were about 80% there... Bookmark and cross-reference will get you there, you just have to select the reference as a page number rather than the Bookmark Text.

This article (How to update a page number reference in a Word document | TechRepublic) gives a pretty good walk-through with some images. When you have your relevant spot bookmarked, where you want to insert your cross reference (Insert/Cross Reference), you'll select Reference Type as Bookmark and on the upper right, Insert Reference to: change that to Page number. You may have to update that if/when it moves to a different page, but if you print or print preview, those links should update.

Best of luck,

Ann

Actually and amazingly works!!!
Thank You so much!
Susan

Glad it made sense and worked. I usually need a visual cue, so YouTube videos and blog tutorials with images really help me. I learn so much here myself - happy to share anything I do actually know.

One thing - if other people are working on the same documents as you, you might want to make sure they have "show bookmarks" turned on in File/Options/Advanced (it's checkbox under "show document content" there), so they realize where the bookmarks are and don't type or backspace them out. Been there, done that.

For more, see Insert Cross-References.