Content inclusion: an alternative, low-level, method

  1. Insert the element (the conref target) you wish to transform to a reference to another element contained elsewhere (the conref source). You may use Ctrl-H ( Edit > Insert Before ), Ctrl-I ( Edit > Insert ) or Ctrl-J ( Edit > Insert After ) to do this.
  2. Using the Attributes tool, specify an href attribute for the conref target. Specifying a value for the href attribute is tedious and error-prone. That's why using this method rather than the easy one described in Easy content inclusion is not recommended.
  3. Specify other attributes, for example an id attribute, if you want.
  4. Use Edit > Reference > Retransclude to transclude the conref target.
Related tasks
Easy content inclusion