# Jupyter Notebooks set global reference style links?

**URL:** <https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/jupyter-notebooks-set-global-reference-style-links/18320>\
**Category:** Notebook\
**Tags:** how-to, help-wanted\
**Created:** [March 8, 2023, 12:54pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/jupyter-notebooks-set-global-reference-style-links/18320 "2023-03-08T12:54:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 12:54pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/jupyter-notebooks-set-global-reference-style-links/18320/1 "2023-03-08T12:54:06Z")

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I like using reference style markdown links e.g.

```auto
some text about a [thing][link to something]

[link to something]: https://www.link-to-something.com

```

however it seems that Jupyter notebooks don’t support this, let alone letting me define all of my links in one markdown cell and referencing them in other cells.

How can I achieve this?