Hyperlink text in word 2010 document to another header?

Question

I want to link text to another header, but I want the text that link that header to contain the number of the header.For example: 4.2.5 Header of a section ... text ... 7.4.2 Header of another section ... text ... (**as seen in section 4.2.5**)Now, I want the bold text to link to section 4.2.5, but I also want the text 4.2.5 to change to the correct number in case 4.2.5 changes.Is it possible?Thanks!

Answer 1

This is possible with the Cross-reference tool. You can find the Cross-reference tool in the "References" tab under the "Captions" group. For this specific question, you will want to choose "Heading" as your reference type then insert "Heading number" and "Heading text" in the "Insert Reference to" drop-down options. In my experience, setting cross references to automatically update can be pretty buggy so what I do instead is highlight them with a specific font color and only insert the hyperlinks in the final draft.