How to create cross-references to figures, titles, tables in DOORS next artifacts that work in MS Word?
Hi,
I'd like to have a way to create the same thing I get in Word by adding a cross reference to a figure (or a title or table).
I want to be able to write something like "see figure 3-1 for more details" where the "figure 3-1" is updated correctly if another image is added before this.
How do I do this in Word?
* add figure
* add a caption to that figure
* move to the spot where i need the reference, click cross-reference, select image, done.
How can I do this in ELO Publishing / DOORS next?
I imagine that I should be able to use a placeholder in the DOORS next artifact (e.g. "see {refToFigure 1234567} for more details"), and then somehow check in ELO Publishing whether this placeholder is part of the ext of an artifact. If it is not then I just print the content as Text. If it is there I could split the text, put the first part as text, add a field to use for the reference, put the third part as another text.
How can I do this properly? I guess this has been done millions of times already... I just can't find an example for this.
I'd be happy for any ideas.
Thanks!
3 answers
As you hinted above, you need to come up with some sort of convention for annotating text with a cross reference, and then you can insert field codes in ELO Publishing document templates.
This blog will give you a good starting point to go off: https://jazz.net/blog/index.php/2020/04/02/using-captions-for-figures-and-tables-getting-the-most-out-of-ibm-elo-publishing/
As you hinted above, you need to come up with some sort of convention for annotating text with a cross reference, and then you can insert field codes in ELO Publishing document templates.
This blog will give you a good starting point to go off:
Hi, I have accessed the article and found it unclear about the reference issue, can you please review it?