Although one can follow links from tables of content and also follow cross-reference links within ODF documents in Apache OpenOffice, I have failed to find any provision for retracing my way backwards through a progression of followed links.  That is, the counterparts of the Browser forward/back link-path navigation are unavailable.  

In my work with specifications published in ODF, this is a very serious limitation, especially for moving around with alacrity in large documents.

That is such a serious limitation that, where having to scroll or remember page number or continually do searches, I resort to export of large ODF documents to PDF.  I can then take advantage of the fact that the Acrobat Reader does provide link-path-history back and forward navigation.  

Have I missed these in Apache OpenOffice somewhere?


SIDE NOTE: Buttons for forward/back are not on the default Acrobat Reader toolbar, at least not on Windows, but they are there and can be added to the toolbar using the available customization dialogs.  Out of curiosity, I just found out where to add the same functions to my QuickStart toolbar in Microsoft Word 2013, where they work find in OpenDocument Text (.odt) documents too (although I see a bug in MSO handling of heading numbering in an ODT I'm working on).