Using Automatic Cross-References
- Introduction to Fields
- Quick and Easy Field Entry
- Using Document Properties to Hold Metadata and Information That Changes
- Using Other Fields to Hold Information That Changes
- Using AutoText to Insert Often-Used Fields
- Defining Your Own Numbering Sequences
- Using Automatic Cross-References
- Using Fields in Headers and Footers
- Using Fields Instead of Outline Numbering for Appendix Numbering
- Tricks for Working with Fields
- Developing Conditional Content
- Using Placeholder Fields
- Using Input Fields and Input Lists
Using Automatic Cross-References
If you type in cross-references to other parts of the document, those references can easily get out of date if you reword a heading, add or remove figures, or reorganize topics. Replace any typed cross-references with automatic ones and, when you update fields, all the references will update automatically to show the current wording or page numbers.
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Some people use Writer’s Hyperlink feature for cross-references, but it has a major disadvantage: the visible text of the hyperlink does not change if you change the text of the item to which it links. For that reason, you are advised to use cross-references in most situations. The exception is when you are creating a document to be saved as HTML; cross-references do not become hyperlinks in an HTML document. |
The Cross-references tab of the Fields dialog box (Figure 9) lists some items, such as headings, numbered paragraphs, and bookmarks. If figure captions, table captions, user-defined number range variables, and some other items have been defined in a document, that type also appears in the list.
