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Preparing items as targets for cross-referencing
Occasionally you might want to insert a cross-reference to something
that is not automatically shown on the Cross-references page. Before
you can insert a cross-reference to such an item, you must prepare the
item as a target to be referenced. To do this, you can either use
bookmarks or set references.
After a target has been defined, you can cross-reference to it as
described on page 446.
For an example of the use of this technique, see “Solving the page
count problem” in Chapter 4 (Formatting Pages).
Using bookmarks
Bookmarks are listed in the Navigator and can be accessed directly
from there with a single mouse click. In HTML documents, bookmarks
are converted to anchors that you can jump to using a hyperlink.
1) Select the text you want to bookmark. Click Insert > Bookmark.
2) On the Insert Bookmark dialog box (Figure 389), the larger box
lists any previously defined bookmarks. Type a name for this
bookmark in the top box. Click OK.
Figure 389: Inserting a bookmark
Setting references
1) Click Insert > Cross reference.
2) On the Cross-references page of the Fields dialog box (Figure
390), click Set Reference in the Type list. The Selection list
shows any references that have been defined.
You can leave this page open while you set many items as
references.
3) Click in the document and highlight the text of the first item to
set as a target for a cross-reference. Click on the Fields dialog
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