Automatically include heading text in your footer

To include heading text in your footer, you don't need to bookmark the text and cross-reference. No, no!  Just insert a StyleRef field and it will pick up the applicable heading text.

In Microsoft Word, use the Insert menu... Field option >> In the dialog box, select StyleRef in the Field Names list at left; select your heading style (such as Heading 1) in the Style Name list at right, and click OK.

If the formatting comes out funky (including or excluding paragraph number context, for instance), try again, but this time play with the field option checkboxes at right in the dialog box.

Works like a charm.