Creating Cross-References in an InDesign Tags file

I am tyring to create cross-refs to images in a tagged text file. Typically this will be used to create references like "See our display ad on Page n". I have studied the tags documentation and I can see how to create the cross-reference tag but I can't see how to link the tag to the appropriate image. If I create a test document, insert a couple of pictures, and add cross-references to those pictures, when I export the text to a tagged text file it refers to the pictures as, for example, "<HyperlinkDest:Anchor>" and "<HyperlinkDest:Anchor 2>". But I can't see how to specify exactly which image "<HyperlinkDest:Anchor>" refers to - there doesn't appear to be an "anchor" tag around the picture tp identify it.
So how does this work?
TIA
Pat

Hi Pat,
BEfore exporting the tagged text.
1. You have to create the Intereactive->New Hyperlink Destination [Figure 1.1].
2. Create a Intereactive->New Hyperlink [See Figure 1.1] in this select the dest as [Figure 1.1]
3. Then export as tagged text.
Regards,
Ramkumar .P

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