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Links, Bookmarks and Cross-References in RixDocs

Published September 4, 2026Updated September 4, 20266 min read

Add hyperlinks, drop bookmarks and insert cross-references that renumber themselves in RixDocs, with tips for long-document navigation.

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Three tools keep a RixDocs document connected: hyperlinks for the web, bookmarks for named places inside the file, and cross-references for numbers that maintain themselves. In a five-page memo you may need none of them; in a 60-page report they are the difference between a document that navigates and one that has to be scrolled.

  1. Select the text to link — descriptive words like "the quarterly report", never a bare URL.
  2. Open the Insert tab and choose Link.
  3. Enter the destination: an external URL, or an internal target such as a heading or bookmark.
  4. Confirm. The link is underlined and live in the editor and in PDF export.

To edit a link, click into it and reopen the link dialog; to remove the link but keep the text, use the remove-link action in the same place.

  • Link text should describe the destination: "see the installation guide" beats "click here".
  • External links open to the web; internal links stay inside the document.
  • Test links before distributing — a link to a heading only works if that heading still exists.

Bookmarks

A bookmark marks a position or a selection and gives it a name:

  1. Place the cursor at the target spot.
  2. Open the Insert tab and choose Bookmark.
  3. Type a name with no spaces — SummaryFindings, not "Summary Findings".
  4. Add the bookmark.

Once placed, bookmarks become targets for hyperlinks and cross-references. They are invisible in print — they are infrastructure, not content. Good candidates: the start of each major section, a key table, the conclusions block.

Naming conventions that scale

Prefix bookmark names by kind — sec_ for sections, fig_ for figures, tbl_ for tables — and the bookmark list stays scannable even in a book-length document. Consistent names also make cross-references easier to pick from the list.

Cross-references

A cross-reference inserts a live pointer to content: "see Figure 4", "as shown in Table 2", "described in Section 3.1". The number is not typed — it is pulled from the target:

  1. Write the lead-in text: "as shown in ".
  2. Place the cursor there and choose Insert, Cross-reference.
  3. Pick the target type — figure, table, heading or bookmark — and the specific item.
  4. Choose what to show — the label and number, just the number, or the full caption — and insert.

When content moves, the reference follows. This is the entire argument for cross-references over typed numbers: documents are edited, and typed numbers lie after the first insertion.

Keeping a long document navigable

Combine the three tools deliberately:

ToolQuestion it answers
Hyperlink"Where on the web is this?"
Bookmark"Where inside this document is that spot?"
Cross-reference"What number does that item have now?"

For scholarly work, pair bookmarks and cross-references with footnotes and citations. For on-screen reading, the navigation pane and Outline view use your headings as a clickable map — cross-references inside the text complement that structure.

What to explore next

Quick steps

  1. Select the text that should become a link and choose Insert, Link.
  2. Enter a URL for web links, or pick a bookmark for internal navigation.
  3. For cross-references, place the cursor where the number belongs and choose Insert, Cross-reference.
  4. Pick the target type — figure, table, heading or bookmark — and insert.
  5. Update or re-insert references after major restructuring.

Frequently asked questions

How do I add a hyperlink in RixDocs?

Select the text, open the Insert tab and choose Link. Enter the URL or an internal target — a heading or bookmark — and confirm. The text becomes a clickable link in the document and in exported PDFs.

What is a bookmark in RixDocs?

A bookmark is a named marker placed at a spot in the document. Other parts of the document — hyperlinks and cross-references — can point to it, which is how you build stable internal navigation in a long file.

Why use cross-references instead of typing numbers?

A cross-reference pulls its number from the referenced item — Figure 2, Table 5, Section 3. When you insert or delete content, the references update automatically; hand-typed numbers do not.

Do links work in exported PDFs?

Yes. Hyperlinks, internal links to bookmarks and cross-references all carry into PDF export as clickable links, so a linked document stays navigable after sharing.

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