Reference a page number on another page

Dave Reid

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    • May 25, 2016 at 3:39 am #85193
      Dave Reid
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      Hi,

      Trying to figure out how to reference a page number on another page within a line of copy. The problem lies in that I need to say reference a note on page 20 on page 2 and I need it to be dynamic and update if/when the page moves within the document.

      I wondered if the cross referencing tool would be able to do this or is there something else I haven’t come across.

      Thanks

    • May 25, 2016 at 4:51 am #85194
      Jeanie Freeman
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      I would suggest looking into a plug in for Incatalog. This is what i use for books that have major pagination changes.

    • May 25, 2016 at 5:40 am #85198
      Matt Isaac
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      The cross-reference tool can do this.

      1. Fisrt, Insert the cursor where you want the reference to be.
      2. In the cross-referene panel click the button to ‘create new cross-reference’.
      3. Make sure the Link To: field is set to Paragraph.
      4. In the destination section select the paragraph style of the note that you want referenced; Select the note in the box to the right.
      5. Select Page Number in the Format: field. By default this will show a reference to your page as ‘Page 20’. You can edit this as you’d like by clicking on the pencil button to the right of the Format: field. (Just make sure you don’t delete any part of the ‘<pagenum />’.)

        6. Click okay and your cross-reference will be set.

      If the page that the note is on moves you will need to click the ‘Update cross-references’ button in the cross-reference panel and it will update the page number in the reference.

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