Cross referencing in books

Cross references in books has gone from bad in CS5 to unacceptable in CS5.5. The screen update when typing was extremely slow in CS5, but could be acceptable by opening all book sections. This does not seem to work in CS5.5 where the speed remains poor.
Does anybody have a fix for this?
Aud Eli

Aud Eli wrote:
I have a book with 24 sections/separate files, and I need to cross reference between the different sections. It works ok, except for the page number that is missing. When I hover the cursor over the links panel it shows the page number, but the cross reference in the document miss the page number.
No error messages, and the cross reference seems to be ok. It is more likely that I do something wrong than that this is a limitation in InDesign. Any suggestions?
Thanks.
AE
Some folks find that InDesign's cross-references are unreliable, especially when the go between files in books. While this might possibly be the problem, if the page number is missing in all your cross-references, it's more likely that the cross-reference format definition is missing the page-number building block.
Search Google for terms like "InDesign cross-reference format free online tutorial," "InDesign cross-reference format," and similar phrases without quotes, to find good resources on this topic.
HTH
Regards,
Peter
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