[Publisher newbie question: smart page-referencing]

Thank you, iconoclast. I was not referring to active hyperlinks, so my use of the term 'link' was confusing. I was referring to dynamic cross-references (that are only dynamic while I'm working on the book -- not when it is published.)

Even though Publisher does not yet have dynamic cross-references, I will probably purchase the whole app suite anyway, because it looks very good, and I no longer wish to be a slave to Adobe.

Since asking my question I have realized that I don't really need to cross-reference by page numbers. I plan to number all my section headings and sub-headings, so I can simply use those for cross-referencing. More precise anyway, and they will not change constantly while I'm working on the layout.

[Publisher newbie question: smart page-referencing]

Many thanks! Very helpful.

[Publisher newbie question: smart page-referencing]

I haven't purchased Publisher yet, but I'm thinking seriously about it. There's a perhaps-obscure feature I'm looking for in a layout program, and I'd like to know if it exists in Publisher:

I'm working on a book that contains a large number of internal references, such as "For more on Orbital Eccentricity, see page __." There's at least one of these references on every page of the manuscript (currently 180 pages), sometimes several per page. What I would love to be able to do is to link that blank to a particular paragraph later in the book, and then no matter where that paragraph ends up, the page number will update automatically.

Because if I have to update all the page references every time I add or delete information and the book repaginates, I'll go mad.

Is this something Publisher can do? Is there ANY layout app that does this?

Thanks in advance,

Science (Montreal)