Here are the Code examples of this chapter. You can compile them online right on this web page by pressing the Typeset / Compile button. You can also edit them for testing, and compile again.
For a better view with the online compiler, I sometimes use \documentclass[border=10pt]{standalone} instead of \documentclass{article}. Instead of having a big letter/A4 page, the standalone class crops the paper to see just the visible text without an empty rest of a page.
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Setting labels and references
\documentclass{book} \begin{document} \chapter{Statistics} \section{Most used packages by LaTeX.org users} \label{sec:packages} The Top Five packages, used by LaTeX.org members\footnote{according to the 2021 survey on LaTeX.org\label{fn:project}}: \begin{enumerate} \item graphicx\label{item:graphicx} \item babel \item amsmath\label{item:amsmath} \item geometry \item hyperref \end{enumerate} \chapter{Mathematics} \emph{amsmath}, on position \ref{item:amsmath} of the top list in section~\ref{sec:packages} on page~\pageref{sec:packages}, is indispensable to high-quality mathematical typesetting in \LaTeX. \emph{graphicx}, on position \ref{item:graphicx}, is for including images. See also the footnote \ref{fn:project} on page~\pageref{fn:project}. \end{document}
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Referring to a page
\documentclass{book} \begin{document} \chapter{Statistics} \section{Introduction} \newpage \section{Most used packages by LaTeX.org users} \label{sec:packages} The Top Five packages, used by LaTeX.org members\footnote{according to the 2021 survey on LaTeX.org\label{fn:project}}: \begin{enumerate} \item graphicx\label{item:graphicx} \item babel \item amsmath\label{item:amsmath} \item geometry \item hyperref \end{enumerate} \chapter{Mathematics} \emph{amsmath}, on position \ref{item:amsmath} of the top list in section~\ref{sec:packages} on page~\pageref{sec:packages}, is indispensable to high-quality mathematical typesetting in \LaTeX. \emph{graphicx}, on position \ref{item:graphicx}, is for including images. See also the footnote \ref{fn:project} on page~\pageref{fn:project}. \end{document}
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Producing intelligent page references
\documentclass{book} \usepackage[nospace]{varioref} \begin{document} \chapter{Statistics} \section{Introduction} \newpage \section{Most used packages by LaTeX.org users} \label{sec:packages} The Top Five packages, used by LaTeX.org members\footnote{according to the 2021 survey on LaTeX.org\label{fn:project}}: \begin{enumerate} \item graphicx\label{item:graphicx} \item babel \item amsmath\label{item:amsmath} \item geometry \item hyperref \end{enumerate} \chapter{Mathematics} \emph{amsmath}, on position \vref{item:amsmath} of the top list in section~\vref{sec:packages}, is indispensable to high-quality mathematical typesetting in \LaTeX. \emph{graphicx}, on position \vref{item:graphicx}, is for including images. See also the footnote \vref{fn:project}, that is, \vpageref{fn:project}. \end{document}
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varioref with figures
\documentclass{article} \usepackage{parskip} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{varioref} \usepackage{blindtext} \begin{document} \section{Figures} \begin{figure} \includegraphics{example-image} \caption{An example figure} \label{fig:example} \end{figure} \blindtext \begin{figure} \includegraphics{example-image} \caption{Another example figure} \label{fig:other} \end{figure} \newpage Same reference code, different output: \begin{verbatim} See the \vpageref[above figure][figure]{fig:other} and the \vpageref[above figure][figure]{fig:example}. \end{verbatim} See the \vpageref[above figure][figure]{fig:other} and the \vpageref[above figure][figure]{fig:example}. \end{document}
Figure showing referencing figures
varioref with figures and ranges
\documentclass{book} \usepackage{parskip} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage[nospace]{varioref} \usepackage{xcolor} \usepackage{blindtext} \begin{document} \chapter{Figures} \begin{figure} \includegraphics{example-image} \caption{An example figure} \label{fig:example} \end{figure} \clearpage \begin{figure} \includegraphics{example-image} \caption{Another example figure} \label{fig:other} \end{figure} \clearpage \begin{figure} \includegraphics{example-image} \caption{And another example figure} \label{fig:last} \end{figure} \clearpage See the figures \textcolor{red}{\vpagerefrange{fig:example}{fig:last}} and figures \textcolor{blue}{\vrefrange{fig:example}{fig:last}}. \end{document}
Figure showing referencing figures with ranges
Using automatic reference names
\documentclass{book} \usepackage{cleveref} \crefname{enumi}{position}{positions} \begin{document} \chapter{Statistics} \label{stats} \section{Most used packages by LaTeX.org users} \label{packages} The Top Five packages, used by LaTeX.org members\footnote{according to the 2021 survey on LaTeX.org\label{project}}: \begin{enumerate} \item graphicx\label{graphicx} \item babel \item amsmath\label{amsmath} \item geometry \item hyperref \end{enumerate} \chapter{Mathematics} \label{maths} \emph{amsmath}, on \cref{amsmath} of the top list in \cref{packages} of \cref{stats}, is indispensable to high-quality mathematical typesetting in \LaTeX. \emph{graphicx}, on \cref{graphicx}, is for including images. See also the \cref{project} on \cpageref{project}. \end{document}
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cleveref and ranges
\documentclass{book} \usepackage{cleveref} \crefname{enumi}{position}{positions} \begin{document} \chapter{Statistics} \label{stats} \section{Most used packages by LaTeX.org users} \label{packages} The Top Five packages, used by LaTeX.org members\footnote{according to the 2021 survey on LaTeX.org\label{project}}: \begin{enumerate} \item graphicx\label{graphicx} \item babel \item amsmath\label{amsmath} \item geometry \item hyperref \end{enumerate} \chapter{Mathematics} \label{maths} See \crefrange{graphicx}{amsmath} and \cpagerefrange{stats}{maths}. \end{document}
Figure showing automated referencing with ranges
This code is available on Github. It is licensed under the MIT License, a short and simple permissive license with conditions only requiring preservation of copyright and license notices.
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