Word 2010 Cross-Reference Text Doesn't Update

Question

With a Word 2010 doc I've been inserting a lot of cross-references to Headings and choosing the option to display the Heading Text. But, when I go and actually change the text of the heading that the cross-reference is referencing, the cross-reference doesn't change its text. Is that expected? If not, how do I set things up so that if I change the text of a Heading that all cross-references would automatically update their text to match?

To diagnose, I toggled Field Codes (ALT-F9) so that codes are visible. Then, after I modified a Heading, I inserted a new cross-reference next to the old cross-reference whose text wasn't changing. I was a little surprised to see that the two field codes were not referencing the same Ref#. I guess that might be a clue but I still don't know how to fix it.

Answer 1

Typically, not all fields update immediately to reflect the source text. Print preview used to be one way to force things to update (I think it still works too), otherwise press Ctrl+A (select all) then F9 to update fields

NB: this won't work for any fields which are in the header or footer as they are not included in the "select all".