Using WSS 3.0:

Is one able to have the SharePoint major/minor versioning number to
automatically appear within the Word document?

I did find this tip:
blogs.msdn.com/.../wss-version-number-in-the\
-word-2003-document.aspx

But is there a simpler way?
Also, I think the solution above might require end users to manually go and
update the field in Word to have the version updated.