Frankly, cross-references are a disappointment in OpenOffice.org Writer. Several posters to the OpenOffice.org mailing lists have referred to them as glorified bookmarks, and they're not far off.

Select the Cross-reference button in the Captions group. A Cross-reference dialog box will open. Click the type of item you want to reference in the Reference type list within the dialog box. If you ...

Each cell in an Excel spreadsheet has a unique address, called a cell reference. This reference combines the letter that represents the cell's column with the number that represents its row. Cells in ...