FrameMaker 6: Beyond the Basics

Typical Uses of Cross-References

In the real world, cross-references refer readers to another location in the document that contains related information. For example, technical writing steps might refer readers to a figure that illustrates what the author is communicating. Or an overview of a topic might refer readers to a more-detailed discussion on the same topic somewhere else in the document.

Typically, cross-references are structured like this:

• See Figure 2.3 on page 4

• See Figure 2.3

• Figure 2.3

• See Chapter 9, “The Good Life,” on page 70

• Page 70, “The Good Life”

• See Problem 6 in Section 7.3.

You can structure cross-references in your documents in many ways. How you structure cross-references in your documents is up to you. This chapter provides ...