Operation Manual

Cross-references

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Insert cross-references

Using cross-reference formats

Manage cross-references

If you’re writing a manual or reference document, you may want to include a cross-reference to refer the reader from one part of your document to

another. Example: For more information, see “Field mice” on page 249. You can specify whether a cross-reference derives from a paragraph style,

such as a heading style, or from a text anchor you’ve created. You can also determine the cross-reference format, such as Page Number Only or

Full Paragraph & Page Number.

Insert cross-references

Use the Hyperlinks panel to insert cross-references into your document. The text being referred to is the destination text. The text that is

generated from the destination text is the source cross-reference.

When you insert a cross-reference in your document, you can choose from several predesigned formats, or you can create your own custom

format. You can apply a character style to the entire cross-reference source, or to text within the cross-reference. Cross-reference formats can be

synchronized across a book.

Cross-reference source text is editable and can break across lines.

Note: Cross-references are included in exported Adobe PDF files if Hyperlinks is selected in the Export Adobe PDF dialog box in InDesign.

Cross-references are included in the exported SWF file if Include Hyperlinks is selected in the Export SWF dialog box.

In InCopy standalone documents, you can create and edit cross-references as you can in InDesign. In checked-out stories, you can create and

edit cross-references to paragraphs in the same story as the source, to paragraphs in another checked-out story if the InDesign document is open,

or to text anchors in any story of any InDesign document.

Inserting cross-references

A. Cross-reference source in document B. Selected destination paragraph C. Click here to create or edit cross-reference format.

For a video tutorial on inserting cross-references, see www.adobe.com/go/lrvid4024_id.

1. Place the insertion point where you want the cross-reference to be inserted.

2. Do any of the following:

Choose Type > Hyperlinks & Cross-References > Insert Cross-Reference.

Choose Window > Type & Tables > Cross-References, and then choose Insert Cross-Reference from the Hyperlinks panel menu.