\documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage{varioref} \usepackage{xr-hyper} \usepackage[colorlinks]{hyperref} \usepackage{cleveref} \newtheorem{thm}{Theorem} \newtheorem{defn}{Definition} \newtheorem{lem}{Lemma} \newtheorem{cor}{Corollary} \newtheorem{prop}{Propostion} \usepackage{equation} \externaldocument{file1} \begin{document} This is a test (\ref{E:EULERPOISSON}) \end{document}