Check out Why Should You Use Cross-References over Hyperlinks? by Justin Bondoc. Here is an excerpt:
In Flare, a cross-reference is a navigation link that lets you connect text in one topic to another topic (or a bookmark within a topic). Hmmm. That sounds like a hyperlink…and a cross-reference looks a lot like a hyperlink, so why not just use a hyperlink? I’ll tell you why: because a…
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