Hyperlinks in Latex: Insert Bibliographic Refs w/Bibtex

[lavster]

hi, how do i insert Hypertext Links in Bibliographic References in my latex document. I am using bibtex and i want to be able to click on the reference in my text and it bring me to the reference. Similarly for figures, clicking on the figure reference in the text and it bring me to the figure. I use both document class revtex 4-1 and article
thanks

 

[D H]

To get hyperlinks you want to use some package that generates hyperlinks. That is exactly what the hyperref package does. I use

\usepackage[colorlinks,plainpages=false]{hyperref}

Figures and tables are easy. Just give them a \label. You can refer to this label with a \ref. The figure or table number will be a hyperlink if you use the hyperref package. External links are a bit tougher, but not bad. Use the \href macro for this. You can make the TITLE of some bib specification a href via TITLE = "{\href{link_to_file_or_url}{Title}}".

 

[lavster]

excellent thank you!
can you telll me how to change the colour of the reference link from green to eg blue? the figure link is red :)
thanks again :)

 

[D H]

Read the hyperref package documentation.

 

[blue_raver22]

for your question. To insert hyperlinks in bibliographic references in a LaTeX document, you can use the \href{}{} command. This command takes two arguments: the first is the URL or file path of the destination, and the second is the text that appears as the link. For example, if you have a reference with the key "citekey" and you want to link to a website, you can use \href{https://www.website.com}{citekey}. This will create a clickable link in your document that will bring you to the website when clicked.

Similarly, for figures, you can use the \ref{} command to create a hyperlink to a specific figure. For example, if you have a figure with the label "fig:myfigure" and you want to create a hyperlink to it, you can use \ref{fig:myfigure}. This will create a clickable link that will bring you to the figure when clicked.

Please note that the functionality of hyperlinks may vary depending on the document class you are using. For the revtex 4-1 class, you may need to use the \hyperref{}{} command instead of \href{}{}. Additionally, you may need to load the hyperref package in your document preamble to use these commands.

I hope this helps. Happy writing!