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Where can we insert information in WordML that is not visible in W
We have Word 2003 and an application that stores/rebuilds a Word document
as/from a bunch of xml topics stored in a DB. Each topic starts with a H1, H2, or H3 heading. Each topic is automatically assigned a unique ID and when a topic is pulled back into Word from the DB, its ID is automatically inserted as a bookmark in the topic title. This is not ideal because the end user can easily and accidentally delete the bookmark thus preventing the topic from being saved back to the DB in the right place. Being Word 2003, we can protect the heading from editing, but this is too radical because headings do need to be modified. What we need is somewhere in the Word ML where we can insert a topic ID that is in a hidden and non-editable part of the topic. Any suggestions? |
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Hi Steve-
Not sure this is the solution, but it may point in the right direction. It sounds like the Bookmarks are being created by a procedure that is simply placing the insertion point & defining the Bookmark... so the bookmark looks like this; Here Is][My HeadingĀ¶ If I understand the problem, that makes it too easy to delete the bookmark by simply replacing text in the heading. Can the procedure be rewritten to create the bookmarks by selecting the _entire heading_ rather than just at an insertion point? Such as; [Here Is My HeadingĀ¶] If so, the bookmark will be retained if the text at that location is revised or completely replaced as long as the user doesn't select & delete the bookmarked heading first. If they select the entire heading & just type the replacement the bookmark will remain. Regards |:) "SteveP" wrote: We have Word 2003 and an application that stores/rebuilds a Word document as/from a bunch of xml topics stored in a DB. Each topic starts with a H1, H2, or H3 heading. Each topic is automatically assigned a unique ID and when a topic is pulled back into Word from the DB, its ID is automatically inserted as a bookmark in the topic title. This is not ideal because the end user can easily and accidentally delete the bookmark thus preventing the topic from being saved back to the DB in the right place. Being Word 2003, we can protect the heading from editing, but this is too radical because headings do need to be modified. What we need is somewhere in the Word ML where we can insert a topic ID that is in a hidden and non-editable part of the topic. Any suggestions? |
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