Globally update cross-reference styles?

[june_g]

I'm publishing my book in both print and digital. I formatted my cross references without any difference in visual style for the paperback, but now I'm converting it to a PDF and I'd like to highlight the clickable links in some way (underlining, maybe).

I can't see a way to do this without clicking into each cross reference in turn and updating each individually with a new style. I have around 200 of them, so I hope I'm missing something obvious! 🤞

(I'm using APub 2.2.1 on Windows.)

[MikeTO]

Hi June, I hope you formatted your cross-references with a character style - this is an option in the cross-references window. If you did that, you can just tweak the character style and the appearance of all of your cross-references will change. That's one of the points of the feature.

If you didn't do that, you'll need to edit every cross-reference and select the character style. This isn't as bad as it sounds - you can just run down the list in the cross-references panel and double-click each one to edit it.

Cheers

[june_g]

Ah, thanks Mike! I'd misunderstood that there was a default  style somewhere to format all hyperlinks including cross references - like the default styles in the TOC and Index - that I'd be able to use to change the style when the time came to make the ebook version. So I'll have to create the character style and apply it to each element now, but at least the panel will make it easy to find them all, as you say.

I'm only just starting to understand the value of character styles and setting them up right at the start of a project. Live and learn!

[MikeTO]

26 minutes ago, june_g said:

Ah, thanks Mike! I'd misunderstood that there was a default  style somewhere to format all hyperlinks including cross references - like the default styles in the TOC and Index - that I'd be able to use to change the style when the time came to make the ebook version. So I'll have to create the character style and apply it to each element now, but at least the panel will make it easy to find them all, as you say.

I'm only just starting to understand the value of character styles and setting them up right at the start of a project. Live and learn!

The free manual I uploaded to the forum explains cross-references in detail, and the version for the release of 2.3 will also cover character styles.

Cheers

[june_g]

That will be a very helpful addition! I used your manual when I was creating my cross-refs and index - it's a great resource. Thanks so much for making it for us all.