# Backlink

**URL:** <https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/backlink/137693>\
**Category:** Scrivener\
**Tags:** support, project\_navigation, linking\
**Created:** [November 18, 2023, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/backlink/137693 "2023-11-18T15:58:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![rougetaureau](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/rougetaureau/32/16385_2.png) [@rougetaureau](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/rougetaureau)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2023, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/backlink/137693/1 "2023-11-18T15:58:52Z")

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I would like to know if this function exists: I would like to find in my Research section a text that would compile several excerpts from my Draft. To give a specific example: I have a detective who, within a dialogue, provides a short biography of a person whom I will call A. I would like, in my Research section, to have a folder or a text that I would name “Biography A” and that would include a direct link to this excerpt and others. Instead of copying this excerpt into my Research, I would prefer a direct link to the relevant excerpt. Does this function exist?

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**Author:** ![AmberV](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/amberv/32/13021_2.png) [@AmberV](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/AmberV)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2023, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/backlink/137693/2 "2023-11-18T18:53:49Z")

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If you have already tried linking to “Biography A” from a few different places in your manuscript, try going to that biography in the main editor, and use the `Navigate ▸ Inspect ▸ Bookmarks` menu command or shortcut. If the inspector panel that opens up says “Project Bookmarks” at the top, click it and switch to Document Bookmarks.

Every time you make a link (or bookmark, as you have ultimate control over this list) between things, a backlink gets stashed here. It’s extremely useful! I share some tips on how this capability can be used [in this longer guide on more advanced linking techniques in Scrivener](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/link-specific-text-from-one-document-to-another/50621/2#keeping-change-logs-6). The use case I give is for better large-scale revision tracking, but the core concept works for everything, including this.

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**Author:** ![rougetaureau](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/rougetaureau/32/16385_2.png) [@rougetaureau](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/rougetaureau)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/backlink/137693/3 "2023-11-19T16:00:57Z")

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Thanks a lot for sharing your numerous techniques. A lot to digest here. I clipped your linked post in my Evernote, I’ll study it!