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#1

Dear List,

A document I am writing needs to have internal references in its footnotes
and I really need to be able to keep these automatically up-to-date with
the page numbers. They would look this (here ascii-fied):

   [176] 6.4.2 Session Highlights, 47

I expect to provide the section number and title, but the page number '47'
in the example above ought to track from the text itself.

How can I plant the marker in the original text and then reference it
in the footnote?

Jonathan

#2

Hi Jonathan,

Jonathan Allen schrieb:

Dear List,

A document I am writing needs to have internal references in its footnotes
and I really need to be able to keep these automatically up-to-date with
the page numbers. They would look this (here ascii-fied):

    [176] 6.4.2 Session Highlights, 47

I expect to provide the section number and title, but the page number '47'
in the example above ought to track from the text itself.

Do not write anything manually; use "Fields".

How can I plant the marker in the original text and then reference it
in the footnote?

There exists a lot of predefined markers, and therefore you seldom need to set bookmarks manually.

After you have used Insert -> Footnote/Endnote your Cursor is in the footnote area. Now use Insert -> Field -> More Fields... -> tab "Cross references". In your case you need the Type "Headings".

In the part "Selection" select the heading for which you will enter a reference. In the part "Insert reference to" you can select what information of the referenced heading will be shown. In your case you need to insert the reference three times, each with a different information. First use "Number" to get "6.4.2", second use "Reference" to get "Sessions Highlights", and third use "Page" to get "47".

All will update automatically, if you made changes in the text, for example change the wording of the heading or insert/delete text parts which will affect the number or page.

Kind regards
Regina

#3

I'm no expert, but I think this is how to do this:

If the reference is to a "section number and title", the title will presumably have appeared where it does with one of the Heading paragraph styles. If so:
o In the footnote, go to Insert | Fields > | Other... | Cross-references.
o Under Type, select Headings.
o Under Selection, select the relevant heading.
o Under "Insert reference to", select Page.
o Insert.
o Close.

If you prefer not to use Heading paragraph styles or you need to refer to some other sort of object, you can simply place a bookmark (Insert | Bookmark...) at the target item. Then "Bookmarks" is another option under Type in the Fields dialogue.

You may need to use Tools | Update | Update All to see the result of changes in pagination immediately, but documents will always open refreshed.

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker

#4

Brian,

If you prefer not to use Heading paragraph styles or you need to
refer to some other sort of object, you can simply place a bookmark
(Insert | Bookmark...) at the target item. Then "Bookmarks" is
another option under Type in the Fields dialogue.

This will be very useful too, as some of the text is some way (and pages)
from the latest section heading and there may well be tables as well.

Jonathan

#5

Regina,

After you have used Insert -> Footnote/Endnote your Cursor is in the
footnote area. Now use Insert -> Field -> More Fields... -> tab
"Cross references". In your case you need the Type "Headings".

In the part "Selection" select the heading for which you will enter
a reference. In the part "Insert reference to" you can select what
information of the referenced heading will be shown. In your case
you need to insert the reference three times, each with a different
information. First use "Number" to get "6.4.2", second use
"Reference" to get "Sessions Highlights", and third use "Page" to
get "47".

That is amazing - just about everything I need and with less effort than
I imagined. Thank you so much for the explanation.

Jonathan