Having re-read Greg's first message, I have to say I don't get the problem
with the second REF field, only the reluctance of the first one to update.

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Peter Jamieson wrote:
Graham Mayor wrote:

FWIW I experience the same 'problem' here with Word 2003.
Update of fields in headers has always been a bit hit and miss. The
only way I was able to get this to display correctly was to modify
my update macro to use two techniques - the first to update the
fields and the second to switch print preview which forces the first
field to display correctly without forcing the prompt on the ask
field for a second time.

Sub UpdateAll()
Dim oStory As Range
Dim oField As Field
For Each oStory In ActiveDocument.StoryRanges
For Each oField In oStory.Fields
oField.Update
Next oField
Next oStory
Options.UpdateFieldsAtPrint = True
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
PrintPreview = True
PrintPreview = False
ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.View.Type = wdPrintView
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

Curious, isn't it? I have no problem either on Word 2000 or Word 2003,
either using manual updates or the for next loop with no additional
code. But I am using a very simple example.

Peter Jamieson