How to update fields in word automatically

Each table should be referenced in the document content. Typically, tables have a number and a title, which are referenced.

Microsoft Word offers functionality to create automatically updated numbers for figures, tables, and equations.

How to update cross references in word

The numbers and titles, created using the Captions functionality, are used to cross-reference tables in a document and create a List of Tables.

The word Table and a number identify a table then follows the caption.

A caption is a short block of text that explain table contents without referring to the document content:

See more about creating numbers and captions for figures: images, pictures, charts, etc., creating captions for equations, and creating captions for photographs.

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Insert a caption for tables

To add automatically updated numbers and a title (caption) for a table, select it by:

• Selecting all rows or columns of the table one
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