Publisher: cross-references?

[FredB]

I have to create consolidated papers for a meeting. The Agenda refers to various items following in the document and needs to give the page number for each, e.g.:

8. Accounts for 2020 (p.14)

In PagePlus I could use a cross-reference, which would let me format it with prefix "(p." + page-number-of-the-anchor + suffix ")". The page number would then update itself to match where the target actually was, as the document grew.

I cannot find how to achieve this in Publisher. The only mention of cross-references in the Help talks about previous or next frame linkage, which is not relevant here. The Help on anchors doesn't suggest how to get a page number self-updating either. 

Obviously I can do the job manually, but that's error-prone.

 

[walt.farrell]

3 minutes ago, FredB said:

The only mention of cross-references in the Help talks about previous or next frame linkage, which is not relevant here

Unfortunately, it is relevant and is all you can do.

1. Create two small text frames, the first big enough to hold the page number at the proper font size.

2. Link the two frames.

3. In the first one, insert the next frame field from the Fields panel.

4. Pin the first one Online into your text that needs the reference, so it appears just after the "p. " text.

5. Move the second text frame to the page you need to reference, and Pin it Floating into the text you need to reference, so it will move with that text if it moved.

[FredB]

Aargh, how clumsy. And it was so simple in PagePlus.

Thanks.

[walt.farrell]

You're welcome.

Remember that Publisher is totally different from PagePlus (as all the Affinity applications are totally different from the legacy applications) and is still very young in its development (especially as compared to PagePlus). I'm sure that better cross-references will come someday.