Especially in bulky Word documents, it can be difficult to quickly get to the relevant content. Cross-references ensure that the reader is directed to the correct page, certain heading, table or image with a single mouse click. In addition, these links automatically adjust when you add a page to them later or when you edit a heading or caption.
Step 1: Open Panel
In this article we take as an example a large text about horse breeds. It would be helpful if there was a list of all the breeds we discuss on the first page, with each item linking to the correct paragraph. To make it easy for ourselves, we work with styles. Every race that is discussed has the style cup got. To add a cross-reference to the correct part within the text on the first page, place the cursor where the reference should be and click on cross references. This can be done in two ways. Either you go through the tab Insert to the group Links and you click on that cross reference. Either you use the tab References where you in the group Captions on the button cross reference clicks.
Step 2: Set up
Because you work with styles, you no longer have to insert the link to the header yourself. In the box Reference type select you cup and in the box Referring to select you Header. Below that you will see the list of all items that you want to style cup have given. Select the correct heading and click the button Insert. The text of the selected heading appears in the overview on page 1. In the same way you can References also add a link to a header numbere.g. "3.5 Bavarian Warmblood Horse". Depending on Reference type Referral options appear at the bottom of the window. Choose you as Reference type in front of figure, you can place a link to an image, table or graph if you have provided it with a caption.
Step 3: Change
Such a cross-reference works in both directions. In other words, when you later change a heading – for example you change the heading “Arab” to “Arabian Thoroughbred” – the text of the link on page 1 also changes. But before you also see such a textual change in the content or index, you have to select the full text and right-click on the selection, after which you Update field chooses.
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