Hi John,

This should be pasted in the Word newsgroups, not Excel.

Anyway, if you update the source document then save it, you can get the
target document to update by selecting the linked field and pressing F9.
Alternatively, if you have the:
(a) 'Update automatic links at open' option checked under
Tools|Options|General, the field should update when the target document is
re-opened.
(b) 'Update fields' option checked under Tools|Options|Print, the field
should update at print time.

Yet another way would be to use a macro to force an update in the target
document.

Cheers