I first copy and paste the reference verse to the reference section, then
highlight the verse number such as Genesis 1:1 at the beginning of the verse reference,
then press alt – i – k to bring up the bookmark mgr. I paste in the reference to the field, in my case OOwriter does not allow the colon character so I paste in Genesis 1 then type underscore 1 to get my full bookmark.

After the bookmark is set, return to the article where the reference is and highlight the verse reference and press alt – i – h to bring up the hyperlink dialog box
then I tab to the bulls eye next to the target field and press enter which brings up the bookmark selector. I go to the bottom and open the bookmarks menu and find my bookmark. select it and press enter (same as apply), tab to close and press enter, which closes the bookmark dialog. Focus is back on the hyperlink dialog so now you tab to apply and then close. Now hover over the hyperlink and you see the tool tip saying ctr + click to use link caption.

I don’t like to leave the user at the reference, so to return them to the place they were last reading, I create a back link at the end of the verse reference. For that I make a bookmark anywhere in the line above the one they are reading and I give it the name of the original bookmark  and add the word back, so in this case it would be (Gen 1_1 back).  So I repeat this process by ctl clicking the verse hyperlink to get to the reference verse which quickly gets me to the reference section, go to the end of the paragraph to the back link and alt -i – h to set up the hyperlink with the (gen 1_1 back) bookmark. Now they can go back to where they started. If the same verse is used in more then one devotional You cannot use the same back link, so I use back plus date (date of article) for subsequent return links.

I do have a template for creating an archive of essays, articles, or blogs which includes a TOC and Reference section if you like email me and I will send it to you.

However….. I used Word for years and knew how to insert hyperlinks into a document that would link internally to something within that document. I use Open Office all the time and know how to hyperlink to things on the web. My problem is that I must be a complete idiot because even with several tutorials, I cannot figure out how to create a link to a spot within the document that I am working on. If you can help me, it would be appreciated.

Thanks

Shekhar Patil
Hindustan Pencils
Mumbai