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I inserted a lot of cross references in my word document. (in the Insert ribben, the links group, select Cross Reference)

Is there a way to find out where I refered a certain paragraph?

Dirk Horsten
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Inserted cross references can be searched by their reference numbers.

For seeing those codes, you must enable "Show field codes instead of their values" in ribbon File > Options > Advanced under section Show document content.

Cross references will then be displayed as {REF Bookmark-name \h }, and then you can search the document for Bookmark-name.

You can also press Alt+F9 to turn on/off field codes currently on the page. To turn off a field code for a specific field, click on the reference and press Shift+F9 instead, or right-click the reference and select "Toggle Field Codes".

Here is an example:

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harrymc
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  • Tis works fine for references to bookmarks. For references to headers, the reference now looks like `{ REF _Ref18487841 \r \h }`. Is there an easier way to find this `18487841` than to temporarily temporary add a new reference the same header? – Dirk Horsten Sep 09 '19 at 09:16
  • I don't know of one. – harrymc Sep 09 '19 at 09:25