* File > Options > Advanced panel > General section : Update automatic links at open. * File > Options > Display panel > Printing Options section > Update linked data before printing * File > Options > Display panel > Printing Options section > Update fields before printing In Word 2010 (and likely 2007), try these: There are some Word Options settings that *might* do what you want.
You don’t want to write it twice (or more), and you’d rather not copy/paste it from the other location as that means that you’ll have to remember to maintain it in both places if there are changes. You have some text in a Word document that you’d like to repeat later in that document.