Have a reference to another page.

[Chris J]

I am trying to figure out a way to have a field that I can insert as text into a shape that serves as a reference to another page. I often do logical flows that direct the reader to a different page, but I have been entering the pages manually. Whenever I add a page in the middle of the flow, all the references are invalid and I have to manually update them again.

I have figured out one way to have references, but it's quite tedious. Here is what I did:

1. On the target page, I have a label (a text box). I define a custom property, PageNumber, and use the PageNum function.
2. On a previous page, I have a shape with "Go to pg x" text. I define a custom property for this shape, named CrossReference. It references the custom property on the target page, e.g. Pages[Page-3]!Sheet.9!Prop.Row_1
3. In the text of the "Go to pg x" shape, I replace x with a field reference to its CrossReference custom property.

This would be simpler if I could define a custom property just for a page (instead of a shape on the page), and then reference the page custom property from a different page. Is this possible?

Thanks.
Chris

 

[Al Edlund]

you might want to consider using page names since that way you don't have to
worry about their position
al