referencing line in Word?

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MarkD

Using Word 2000.

Basically, I want to know if there's a function similar to
a cell reference in Excel.

I have a table with values in various cells. I want to a
line in my word doc to "point to" the value in that cell
so that if I change the value in the cell, it changes that
line as well.

Not sure if that was clear, so here's an example:

I have a 3x1 table as follows:
Homer
Bart
Lisa

Down below, I have text like this:
---
"Hi Homer, here are the following things you need to do by
the end of the month"


I was wondering if there's a way to format the document
such that if I change the name in the table from Homer to
Marge, the text will change to say:
---
"Hi Marge, here are the following things you need to do by
the end of the month"

Thanks!
-Mark
 
Hi Mark,

If you bookmark a table, you can refer to numeric values in it with a field
coded as {=SUM(Table1 A1)}, where 'Table1' is the bookmark name and the
braces are created via Ctrl-F9.

If you want to refer to text strings, or numbers outside a table, you can
bookmark the text and cross-reference it via Insert|Cross Reference or a REF
field coded as {BkMrk1} (or {REF BkMrk1})where BkMrk1 is the bookmark's
name.

Cheers
 
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