Text Formatting ⇒ Linking to wrong page

[svend_tveskaeg]

Hi all.

Consider the following MWE:

Code: Select all

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{hyperref}

\begin{document}

\pagenumbering{roman}

First page.
\newpage

\pagenumbering{arabic}

See \autopageref{horse}.
\newpage

Something.
\label{horse}

\end{document}

The printed text on the second page (i.e., ``See page 2.'') is correct. However, the link on the second page is linking to the first page (i.e., page i) and not third page (i.e., page 2) as it should.

How do I fix this?

Thank you in advance!

[kaiserkarl13]

The \label command defines a key that refers to the last generated a number (and the page it was generated on). For example, consider this:

Code: Select all

\section{Hello}
% lots o' text
\begin{table}
  \label{mykey}
  \caption{Caption text.}
  % table contents
\end{table}

Using \pageref{mykey} would generate the page number of whatever page the "Hello" section happened to start on. It would NOT refer to the page on which the \label command appeared, nor would it refer to the label on which the table appeared unless you moved the \label AFTER the caption, since \caption generates a number!

If you want to refer to an arbitary page number, insert something like this:

Code: Select all

\newcounter{dummy}
\refstepcounter{dummy}
\label{mykey}

Now \pageref{mykey} and relatives will refer to the page on which the \refstepcounter command was issued.