A method of creating a document suitable for hard copy reproduction is disclosed. Information from at least one source is obtained, the information including a plurality of referential links establishing corresponding referential paths between components of the information. A physical structure of the document to be formed is established, and a plurality of document links are defined corresponding to the referential links. A user interpretable functional link is assigned to each document link; and the number of user interpretable functional links is optimized by assigning plural ones of the document links to at least an individual one of the functional links.