References within a document (most commonly a Word document) to other parts of the document, such as a heading, table, or image.
Questions tagged [cross-reference]
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Quick way to find a specific email in Thunderbird inbox?
My todo-list includes answering some emails. I want to include a reference to the email that allows me to quickly find the email to answer in my Thunderbird inbox.
The name of the sender or the subject of the email is a solution when these are…
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Word 2010 cross-reference number with chapter without label
I have the following problem. First I had images and other elements labeled just by number, so from 1 to ∞. When I cross referenced I changed to number only using the following:
{ REF _Ref334952863 \# 0 \h }
And it worked fine, I got only the image…
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Numbering equations based on chapter numbers in MS-Word
I am seeking for a way to number each equation based on the chapter numbers. The number should be placed at the right side of the equation and the equation should be center-aligned. Something like this:
(The bounding box around 2.3 is not…
Isaac
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Adding custom text to a Word cross-reference field
I've got a very long document that uses multi-level numbering. I'm wanting to include cross-references (with hyperlinks) back and forth to particular sections, and I've been using the standard Word cross-referencing feature, which adds fields like…
John
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Fixed cross reference layout "Only label and number"
I always want a e.g. figure cross reference to show only label and number. Is there a way to default to this setting instead of having to select this from the corresponding dialog each time I re-open a document? Or at least make the dialog point to…
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Conveniently adding heading number AND text for a cross reference
I mostly write technical documentation. The documents need a lot of cross references. The format of my cross references are always the same:
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Adding these using the cross reference dialog is a pain. Find the…
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Word: combining cross-references efficiently
I'm writing a long document in Word and from time to time need to reference to Figures. When I do so, I use the 'cross-reference' feature, which creates in-line dynamic links to my figures that read like this:
Blah blah blah, see Figure 4.2
In the…
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How do I avoid broken cross-references when moving figure captions?
In MS Word, I often find that moving figure captions in a document breaks cross-references to the figure number.
Below is a simple example, in which a caption was added by right-clicking on an image, resulting in a {SEQ Figure \* ARABIC} field in…
Deditos
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libreoffice writer figure cross-refencence
In LibreOffice Writer I cannot create a cross-reference to an image, it is only possible to create cross-reference to it's caption. By using the created link in PDF the screen jumps to the caption, not to the image.
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Make Cross References Easier to Use in Word
Is there an add-in for Word (2007+ ) that makes inserting of cross references to headings (table of content items) or figures actually usable?
I'm looking ideally for something I know from my Latex editor, when I want to reference something I'm…
Elmar Weber
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Insert Word cross-reference to a comment
In Word 2007, I would like to insert a cross-reference in one comment to another comment.
While in the comment, I can go to Insert --> Cross-Reference, but I do not find any "comment" section in the Cross-Reference dialog box, nor do comments appear…
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Is it possible to insert citations in Microsoft Word by their tag name or any other shortcut?
I am using Microsoft Word 2013/2016 to write a thesis with 100s of references. It is very hard to find individual citations to insert them from the drop down menu list found at 'References' > 'Citations & Bibliography' > 'Insert Citation'.
Is there…
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How to permanently format the field "Ref" to avoid unwanted spaces after cross reference in Word 2010?
We have a Word 2010 document where we want to insert cross references to headings.
When inserting a cross reference (insert -> Cross Reference -> Heading -> Heading (no context) -> ok), the field shows the specific heading number, but 2 spaces are…
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How can I get a list of cross-references in Microsoft Word?
I wish to know how to see the list of cross references in Microsoft Word. How can I see the things (tables, figures, etc...) that are cross referenced in one table or in one list?
My end goal is to ensure that I didn't miss a cross reference to one…
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Cryptic error from Sphinx: "Anonymous hyperlink mismatch"
I'm using Sphinx 2.2.2 to debug a Sphinx document with a large new source file that contains many cross-references. I get this message:
Warning, treated as error:
C:\Users\...\.rst::Anonymous hyperlink mismatch: 15 references but 0…
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