add the section number in cross-references

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September 10, 2025
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Good morning everyone,
is it possible to include the section number in the cross-references? I can't find the option in the drop-down menu when I create the cross-reference format.

How to

Peter Kahrel

Community Expert

So you see, @Dario DBZ Zanfardin , there's a way to do it, preferably with a script.

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Dario DBZ ZanfardinAuthor

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Thank you very much @Peter Kahrel @FRIdNGE

Peter Kahrel

Community Expert

Use paragraph number, it's used for sections as well:

Unless you're using chapter numbers as section numbers, in which case you can add it from the fly-out menu by pressing the +:

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Dario DBZ ZanfardinAuthor

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Thank you for the reply, but perhaps I didn’t explain myself well (or I simply didn’t understand how to do it).
A brief premise: I am using InDesign in Italian and maybe some objects have different names. By “section” I mean this (see highlight in the figure)

and I would like to add it to the reference format (only the indicator).

Is this possible? Like "see para. 8.2 on section II"

Peter Kahrel

Community Expert

I see. No, unfortunately that's not possible, the only cross-reference targets are those in the screenshots I posted.

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