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• • December 12, 2010 at 6:27 pm #58076
    Logansmum

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    I'm new to cross referencing. I have a 1000 page catalog that is not my usual work project. I need to cross reference information on other pages (usually a reference to “see page 1-xx for accessories” kind of thing). I think I am setting it up correctly-the cross references appear to work ;-) I'm using only the page number (not any information in the paragraph that I am cross referencing).

    The frustrating thing is that my cross reference panel just has a list of # signs–there is no page number or text associated with the cross-reference. So I have no idea what it is unless I hover over the # sign, then the little yellow popup displays my “page number. the type of reference, and the source file” It would be very useful to have that information in the cross reference panel itself–any way to customize that?

    Is cross reference tool the best way for me to do what I am doing? Some sections may have 50-100 cross references. Or should I look at text anchors instead?

    Thanks in advance for any advice.

  • December 13, 2010 at 6:38 am #58083
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    If you want references such as “on page 50” then you want cross-references; no other good way to do that. No, there's no way to customize the view in the cross-references/hyperlinks panel. There are more powerful x-ref tools, such as Cross References Pro from dtptools.com.

  • December 13, 2010 at 11:24 am #58091
    Logansmum

    Member

    Thanks David–that's kind of what I thought since I looked at all the options I could see and had not found a way to do it, but I thought I would ask. The cross reference function in CS4 works for my purposes–I'm not sure I need a fancier tool. I just wish it displayed more information in the list on the panel–it's pretty useless as it is ;-)

    Love this site. I look here a lot for information but it's my first post.

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