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In our previous episode, Tracy Boyington said:
> (1) Was I wrong to assume Word would automatically update the figure
> numbers if I added or deleted a figure?
It will update it, but it doesn't do it automatically. It does it
when you select the field and press F9, or when you print the
document.
> (2) Was I also wrong to assume that I could copy the field from the
> caption, paste it in the text (as in "See Figure {field}") and have Word
> automatically update the text as needed?
Yes, you were wrong. You need to use a reference to that field, or
it'll treat it as another increment of the same sequence. That's true
in Frame, too. :-)
Hope that helps!
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