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Footnote Cross-References

I need to create footnotes that automatically update to look to other footnotes. 
For example: Thompson, supra note 4 (and have 4 be a cross reference). 
The issue is that each footnote has tons of sources and I want it to update according to a specific part of a previous footnote and move with that text. However, adding a bookmark does not allow an option to cite to the bookmark's footnote. How can I fix this issue?

For example:
Footnote 2: See CA Masten, “One Man Companies and Their Controlling Shareholders” (1936) 14:8 Can Bar Rev 663; Mervyn Woods, “Lifting the Corporate Veil in Canada” (1957) 35:10 Can Bar Rev 1176; GT Tamaki, “Lifting the Corporate Veil in Canadian Income Tax Law” (1962) 8:3 McGill LJ 159; WJA Mitchell, “Taxation and the Corporate Veil” (1966) 14 Can Tax J 534 [Mitchell, “Taxation”]; 

Footnote 3: Woods, supra note 2. (how do I get the note '2' to change only with the Woods text and not the rest of the citation?)
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Basically, you can't. There is no way for a cross-reference to retrieve the footnote number that a bookmark is in.

Of course, if the Woods reference was in a footnote of its own, you could cross-reference the footnote number (without resorting to bookmarks); if you insert another footnote before it, or move it elsewhere, the cross-reference will auto-update (a Print Preview may be required).

Cheers
Paul Edstein
(Fmr MS MVP - Word)

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