atw: Re: XP - Word bookmark hyperlinks don't work in textbox

Need to know a bit more to really analyze the problem, Alex (Noon).

If, as you say, it is a hyperlink, as in {HYPERLINK \L "_TOC49658086"}, which 
Word created automatically for you, then this could well be the cause of your 
problem.

Rather, it should be a reference (REF) or page reference (PAGEREF) code to the 
name of the bookmark, which you have manually inserted by using Insert > Field 
> 
REF (or PAGEREF) bookmarkname, where the example bookmarkname is the name of 
your bookmarked item.  This will almost certainly work properly.

To bookmark an item, you should first make bookmarks visible (Tools > Options > 
View (Tab), select Bookmarks), then click OK.  Now locate the item that you 
want 
bookmarked.  To remove the existing hyperlink, select the item, go Insert > 
Bookmark to display the Bookmark dialog, type a name for your bookmark, then 
select and copy its name to the system clipboard with Ctrl+C, before pressing 
Enter or clicking OK.

Now you can return to wherever you want the cross reference to be, go Insert > 
Field > ref (or pageref) paste (Ctrl+V) your new bookmark name and press Enter.

You will now have a reliable, accurate, manually entered bookmark reference or 
page reference field that will not exhibit the problems of the automated cross 
reference hyperlinks generated by Word.

To update these cross references at any time, simply select the text and press 
F9 or right-click and select Update Field from the pop-up menu that displays.

Hope that helps.

Michael Granat
Write Ideas
(Done in a rush - E&OE)

Quoting Alex.Noon@xxxxxxxx:

> Hi all
> 
> In a Word 2002 document, I have a page which contains a couple of text
> boxes in which I have inserted hyperlinks to bookmarks within the
> document. When I follow these hyperlinks, I get taken to the top of the
> document, not the bookmark itself. Since I can follow the hyperlinks
> correctly if they are *not* within a text box, I'm assuming the text box
> is the "problem". Any suggestions to work around this? Or am I missing
> something else?
> 
> TIA
> Alex Noon
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