update 009 24/03

book/syntax_exercises/009.md

@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ Referencing elements properly ensures that readers can navigate your book more e
 
 ## 1. Referencing a Chapter or Section
 
-To create a reference to another chapter or section, use the following syntax:
+1. Open the Markdown file where you want to add a reference.
+2. Lets start with the simplest way to create a reference to another chapter or section. This is by directly linking it through the file path as shown in the following syntax:
 
 ```md
 [Text to display](path/to/file.md)
@@ -23,10 +24,7 @@ For example, if you want to link to Exercise 7, you can write:
 ```md
 [Go to Exercise 7](../exercises/007.md)
 ```
-
-Alternatively, you can use `{ref}` to reference a section with a target header.
-
-First, define the section you want to reference by assigning it an identifier:
+3. Try out another way of referencing by using a target header. Navigate to the chapter or section you want to reference and assign it an identifier using `{ref}` as shown in the example below.
 
 ```md
 (exercise_1)=
@@ -34,22 +32,23 @@ First, define the section you want to reference by assigning it an identifier:
 
 Let's start with the most basic edit: add some text to a file and see that the website is updated...
 ```
+4. Now, lets explore three different ways to reference this section! For the first method, we use the standard title text by calling the identifier as follows:
 
-Then, you can reference this section in three ways:
-
-- Using the standard title text:
   ```md
   My favourite exercise was {ref}`exercise_1`.
   ```
   This will display: My favourite exercise was {ref}`exercise_1`.
 
-- Specifying a custom title text:
+5. For the second method, we want to refer to the section using a custom title text. Try this out by placing the text that you want to be displayed within the `` and calling the identifier within the <> as follows:
+
   ```md
   My favourite exercise was {ref}`the first one <exercise_1>`.
   ```
   This will display: My favourite exercise was {ref}`the first one <exercise_1>`.
 
-- Using Markdown syntax:
+6. The final method uses markdown syntax to also display a custom title text. Refer to the desired section once again, this time by putting the custom text within the [] and calling the identifier within the <> as shown below:
+
+
   ```md
   My favourite exercise was [this one](exercise_1).
   ```