Word STYLEREF field parameters not co-operating - in particular \p

And it still does not help because I need this parameter to work in the header.

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OK, that's the cause of trouble. The \p switch is ignored in headers and footers.

Hardly automatic, but in theory with a couple of nested If...then...Else fields to compare the output of the plain StyleRef field with a cross reference to the Text of the Heading and then one that compares the page number to cross reference of the Page Number of the Heading.  Problem is that the cross references are to the hidden bookmark assigned to the specific Heading so the field construction needs to be unique for each instance of Heading 1

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In a new blank document add three paragraphs.

In the first add:  { StyleRef "Heading 1" \p }

In the second add: "Test" and format in Heading 1

In the third add:  StyleRef "Heading 1" \p

Toggle and update fields

You should see:

below

Test

above.

All that palaver about "source bookmark" must be an error in the documentation.

I don't think there is any way to automate a Heading 1 (Continued) process.

Thanks Suzanne, I was hoping you'd see this question.

I finally got it to work, partially. Then again, I'm wrong. I must be misunderstanding how it is to be used.  

It always shows "above" even when I select the whole doc and <f9> to update it. I've been adding and removing spaces to force the Heading 1 style on and off the same page.

Any more suggestions for the original questioner?  I thought I could use the \P in an IF check to suppress the output on the "same page" to only display it if the body text spans a page as part of the "heading continued" type message he is looking to create.

You don't need anything after \p. Adding the \p switch causes the StyleRef field to display "above" if the referenced style occurs before the StyleRef field or "below" if it occurs after the field (see http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/field-codes-styleref-field-HP005186193.aspx). This switch actually makes more sense in the REF field, where those words may take the place of a page number, heading number, etc. If you want a reference such as "See Table 1 above," you'll actually need two StyleRef fields, just as you do when you want to reference both the paragraph number and the paragraph text.

As a simple test, insert any text in a new blank document and format it as Heading 1. Press Enter to create a Normal paragraph below it. In that paragraph, insert a StyleRef field with the \p switch; when I insert it with the Insert | Field dialog in Word 2003, the result is { STYLEREF  "Heading 1" \p  \* MERGEFORMAT }, but of course the \* MERGEFORMAT switch is unnecessary, so { STYLEREF  "Heading 1" \p } will suffice. This should display as "above."