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Referencing a Caption from Another Document

Anonymous
2016-07-11T04:46:50+00:00

Hello! How do I reference a caption from another document as a field that can be updated should the figure number change? Thanks!

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  1. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2016-07-12T08:09:30+00:00

    Toggle on the display of the field codes and make sure that the INCLUDETEXT field is still there and that it has not been converted to its result.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-07-12T05:57:32+00:00

    Tried. Didn't work.

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  3. Stefan Blom 342.4K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2016-07-11T23:48:21+00:00

    You will have to update the INCLUDETEXT field by clicking in it and then pressing F9.

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-07-11T22:46:55+00:00

    Thanks for your reply, Doug. But if I rearrange my figures in my source document, the INCLUDETEXT field in my destination document would not reflect the new figure numbers.

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  5. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2016-07-11T06:18:44+00:00

    Place a bookmark around the caption and then in the other document, use an INCLUDETEXT field in which you include the name of the bookmark after the path and filename.

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