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Max number of bookmarks?
Hi, is there a maximum number of bookmarks allowed in a Word 2003
document? Looks like I'm going to need up to 1500... |
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According to "Operating parameter limitations and specifications in Word"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=211489), the number is 16,379. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Rick Charnes" wrote in message om... Hi, is there a maximum number of bookmarks allowed in a Word 2003 document? Looks like I'm going to need up to 1500... |
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On 8/31/05 6:41 AM, "Rick Charnes" wrote:
Hi, is there a maximum number of bookmarks allowed in a Word 2003 document? Looks like I'm going to need up to 1500... Earlier versions of Word had a "limits for Word" topic in the Help, which put the max bookmarks at 16,379. I'm not sure it's known whether Word 2003 doesn't have this information because it doesn't apply, or because it simply got left out by mistake. However, in case it does apply, you should realize that Word uses hidden bookmarks to track every entry in a TOC or Index, and those count against the max. The only person I know of who ran into this limit was doing a genealogy in Word, and I *think* had all the names in his family tree in both the TOC and the Index, *and* using an older version, had ran into the problem where Word doesn't always delete the bookmarks from a previous TOC, so there were all these useless bookmarks hanging around. So I think you should be fine. -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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The article I cited applies to Word 2000, 2002, and 2003.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message .. . On 8/31/05 6:41 AM, "Rick Charnes" wrote: Hi, is there a maximum number of bookmarks allowed in a Word 2003 document? Looks like I'm going to need up to 1500... Earlier versions of Word had a "limits for Word" topic in the Help, which put the max bookmarks at 16,379. I'm not sure it's known whether Word 2003 doesn't have this information because it doesn't apply, or because it simply got left out by mistake. However, in case it does apply, you should realize that Word uses hidden bookmarks to track every entry in a TOC or Index, and those count against the max. The only person I know of who ran into this limit was doing a genealogy in Word, and I *think* had all the names in his family tree in both the TOC and the Index, *and* using an older version, had ran into the problem where Word doesn't always delete the bookmarks from a previous TOC, so there were all these useless bookmarks hanging around. So I think you should be fine. -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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I noticed. But the help topic is gone in Word 2003, right? So that means it
was a mistake to leave it out? I know this topic of limits has come up before but didn't remember the existence of the KB article. Daiya On 8/31/05 9:42 AM, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The article I cited applies to Word 2000, 2002, and 2003. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message .. . On 8/31/05 6:41 AM, "Rick Charnes" wrote: Hi, is there a maximum number of bookmarks allowed in a Word 2003 document? Looks like I'm going to need up to 1500... Earlier versions of Word had a "limits for Word" topic in the Help, which put the max bookmarks at 16,379. I'm not sure it's known whether Word 2003 doesn't have this information because it doesn't apply, or because it simply got left out by mistake. However, in case it does apply, you should realize that Word uses hidden bookmarks to track every entry in a TOC or Index, and those count against the max. The only person I know of who ran into this limit was doing a genealogy in Word, and I *think* had all the names in his family tree in both the TOC and the Index, *and* using an older version, had ran into the problem where Word doesn't always delete the bookmarks from a previous TOC, so there were all these useless bookmarks hanging around. So I think you should be fine. |
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Yes, I'm not sure why they left out the Help article except as part of the
trend of trimming Help to the supposedly most "helpful" topics. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message .. . I noticed. But the help topic is gone in Word 2003, right? So that means it was a mistake to leave it out? I know this topic of limits has come up before but didn't remember the existence of the KB article. Daiya On 8/31/05 9:42 AM, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The article I cited applies to Word 2000, 2002, and 2003. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message .. . On 8/31/05 6:41 AM, "Rick Charnes" wrote: Hi, is there a maximum number of bookmarks allowed in a Word 2003 document? Looks like I'm going to need up to 1500... Earlier versions of Word had a "limits for Word" topic in the Help, which put the max bookmarks at 16,379. I'm not sure it's known whether Word 2003 doesn't have this information because it doesn't apply, or because it simply got left out by mistake. However, in case it does apply, you should realize that Word uses hidden bookmarks to track every entry in a TOC or Index, and those count against the max. The only person I know of who ran into this limit was doing a genealogy in Word, and I *think* had all the names in his family tree in both the TOC and the Index, *and* using an older version, had ran into the problem where Word doesn't always delete the bookmarks from a previous TOC, so there were all these useless bookmarks hanging around. So I think you should be fine. |
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Yeah, I've recently noticed--and been infuriated by--the failure of Help to
suggest other methods, thus deceiving people who went looking for information into thinking there is no other way to do what they want, and increasing their anger when they discover that Help effectively "lied" to them. Although, clearly, anybody who bothers to look in Help is ready to absorb more information and therefore that "information overload" malarkey doesn't apply. Ya gotta wonder where these decisions come from. On 8/31/05 3:43 PM, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Yes, I'm not sure why they left out the Help article except as part of the trend of trimming Help to the supposedly most "helpful" topics. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message .. . I noticed. But the help topic is gone in Word 2003, right? So that means it was a mistake to leave it out? I know this topic of limits has come up before but didn't remember the existence of the KB article. Daiya On 8/31/05 9:42 AM, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The article I cited applies to Word 2000, 2002, and 2003. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message .. . On 8/31/05 6:41 AM, "Rick Charnes" wrote: Hi, is there a maximum number of bookmarks allowed in a Word 2003 document? Looks like I'm going to need up to 1500... Earlier versions of Word had a "limits for Word" topic in the Help, which put the max bookmarks at 16,379. I'm not sure it's known whether Word 2003 doesn't have this information because it doesn't apply, or because it simply got left out by mistake. However, in case it does apply, you should realize that Word uses hidden bookmarks to track every entry in a TOC or Index, and those count against the max. The only person I know of who ran into this limit was doing a genealogy in Word, and I *think* had all the names in his family tree in both the TOC and the Index, *and* using an older version, had ran into the problem where Word doesn't always delete the bookmarks from a previous TOC, so there were all these useless bookmarks hanging around. So I think you should be fine. -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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Well, there is the "Get more Help online" option.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message .. . Yeah, I've recently noticed--and been infuriated by--the failure of Help to suggest other methods, thus deceiving people who went looking for information into thinking there is no other way to do what they want, and increasing their anger when they discover that Help effectively "lied" to them. Although, clearly, anybody who bothers to look in Help is ready to absorb more information and therefore that "information overload" malarkey doesn't apply. Ya gotta wonder where these decisions come from. On 8/31/05 3:43 PM, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Yes, I'm not sure why they left out the Help article except as part of the trend of trimming Help to the supposedly most "helpful" topics. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message .. . I noticed. But the help topic is gone in Word 2003, right? So that means it was a mistake to leave it out? I know this topic of limits has come up before but didn't remember the existence of the KB article. Daiya On 8/31/05 9:42 AM, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The article I cited applies to Word 2000, 2002, and 2003. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message .. . On 8/31/05 6:41 AM, "Rick Charnes" wrote: Hi, is there a maximum number of bookmarks allowed in a Word 2003 document? Looks like I'm going to need up to 1500... Earlier versions of Word had a "limits for Word" topic in the Help, which put the max bookmarks at 16,379. I'm not sure it's known whether Word 2003 doesn't have this information because it doesn't apply, or because it simply got left out by mistake. However, in case it does apply, you should realize that Word uses hidden bookmarks to track every entry in a TOC or Index, and those count against the max. The only person I know of who ran into this limit was doing a genealogy in Word, and I *think* had all the names in his family tree in both the TOC and the Index, *and* using an older version, had ran into the problem where Word doesn't always delete the bookmarks from a previous TOC, so there were all these useless bookmarks hanging around. So I think you should be fine. -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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