Viewing references

Meridian makes it easy to view and understand the references between documents. It does so with diagrams that clearly show references to and from the selected document.

To view all references of the selected document:

1. Click the Show Referenced Documents button on the Document property page. A dialog box appears, similar to the following figure. The file name of the selected document appears in bold. References to and from other documents appear as arrows; the arrowhead indicates the direction of the reference, either incoming or outgoing. The type of the reference appears as a yellow label in the middle of the arrow.

   NEW  Note    Project copies that have already been released as new revisions of the master documents appear crosshatched if the Display inactive project copies option is enabled as described in Showing project copies.

To view only references of a certain type:

• Select the reference type from the list in the toolbar.

The toolbar buttons are described in the following table.

Reference browser toolbar buttons

Option	Description
	Show the property pages of the selected document.
	Deletes the selected reference.
	Makes a referenced document the selected document. Also available on the context menu that is shown by right-clicking a document.
	Opens the selected document in a new viewer window.

This command is ideal for viewing references without regard to the location of the referenced documents in the vault. An alternative method of viewing references is with the Reference Explorer. It displays the same referenced documents, but it also displays each document’s location in the vault. It also provides tools for previewing, comparing, viewing properties, and viewing revisions. For more information, see Using the Reference Explorer.