[glitterbug99]

I'm working with a long Word document, and want to put a "return to top"
hyperlink onto every page. I've tried putting it in a footer, but as it's
then in the background, it can't be clicked on. Is there any other way of
repeating text in the same place on every page? I'm in Word 2002. Thanks.

[Jezebel]

Word is an application for *creating* documents. It is not at its best as a
method for displaying them on them screen. You could create a macro that
takes you to any point in the document, and assign that to a single
keystroke; but why not just drag the scrollbar to the top?




"glitterbug99" wrote in message
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I'm working with a long Word document, and want to put a "return to top"
hyperlink onto every page. I've tried putting it in a footer, but as it's
then in the background, it can't be clicked on. Is there any other way of
repeating text in the same place on every page? I'm in Word 2002. Thanks.

[glitterbug99]

It's quite a long document and is a training guide to be circulated to a
large number of users - I'm trying to make it as easy as possible for them to
get back to the contents screen. Thanks though.

"Jezebel" wrote:

Word is an application for *creating* documents. It is not at its best as a
method for displaying them on them screen. You could create a macro that
takes you to any point in the document, and assign that to a single
keystroke; but why not just drag the scrollbar to the top?




"glitterbug99" wrote in message
...
I'm working with a long Word document, and want to put a "return to top"
hyperlink onto every page. I've tried putting it in a footer, but as it's
then in the background, it can't be clicked on. Is there any other way of
repeating text in the same place on every page? I'm in Word 2002. Thanks.

[Stefan Blom]

Perhaps you could insert a hyperlink at "key points" of the document,
for example, at the end of each chapter or section? This is not
exactly what you are looking for, but it would certainly help people
who read the document on screen.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"glitterbug99" wrote in message
...
It's quite a long document and is a training guide to be circulated
to a
large number of users - I'm trying to make it as easy as possible
for them to
get back to the contents screen. Thanks though.

"Jezebel" wrote:

Word is an application for *creating* documents. It is not at its
best as a
method for displaying them on them screen. You could create a
macro that
takes you to any point in the document, and assign that to a
single
keystroke; but why not just drag the scrollbar to the top?




"glitterbug99" wrote in
message
...
I'm working with a long Word document, and want to put a "return
to top"
hyperlink onto every page. I've tried putting it in a footer,
but as it's
then in the background, it can't be clicked on. Is there any
other way of
repeating text in the same place on every page? I'm in Word
2002. Thanks.

[Jezebel]

Bad idea. If it's that big and that hard to navigate, don't distribute it as
a Word document.



"glitterbug99" wrote in message
...
It's quite a long document and is a training guide to be circulated to a
large number of users - I'm trying to make it as easy as possible for them
to
get back to the contents screen. Thanks though.

"Jezebel" wrote:

Word is an application for *creating* documents. It is not at its best as
a
method for displaying them on them screen. You could create a macro that
takes you to any point in the document, and assign that to a single
keystroke; but why not just drag the scrollbar to the top?




"glitterbug99" wrote in message
...
I'm working with a long Word document, and want to put a "return to
top"
hyperlink onto every page. I've tried putting it in a footer, but as
it's
then in the background, it can't be clicked on. Is there any other way
of
repeating text in the same place on every page? I'm in Word 2002.
Thanks.

[glitterbug99]

It will be a pdf but I wanted to get the links in first so they're easier to
convert!

"Jezebel" wrote:

Bad idea. If it's that big and that hard to navigate, don't distribute it as
a Word document.



"glitterbug99" wrote in message
...
It's quite a long document and is a training guide to be circulated to a
large number of users - I'm trying to make it as easy as possible for them
to
get back to the contents screen. Thanks though.

"Jezebel" wrote:

Word is an application for *creating* documents. It is not at its best as
a
method for displaying them on them screen. You could create a macro that
takes you to any point in the document, and assign that to a single
keystroke; but why not just drag the scrollbar to the top?




"glitterbug99" wrote in message
...
I'm working with a long Word document, and want to put a "return to
top"
hyperlink onto every page. I've tried putting it in a footer, but as
it's
then in the background, it can't be clicked on. Is there any other way
of
repeating text in the same place on every page? I'm in Word 2002.
Thanks.

[glitterbug99]

Thanks Stefan - I'll try that, I think it's probably the most sensible
solution.

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Perhaps you could insert a hyperlink at "key points" of the document,
for example, at the end of each chapter or section? This is not
exactly what you are looking for, but it would certainly help people
who read the document on screen.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"glitterbug99" wrote in message
...
It's quite a long document and is a training guide to be circulated
to a
large number of users - I'm trying to make it as easy as possible
for them to
get back to the contents screen. Thanks though.

"Jezebel" wrote:

Word is an application for *creating* documents. It is not at its
best as a
method for displaying them on them screen. You could create a
macro that
takes you to any point in the document, and assign that to a
single
keystroke; but why not just drag the scrollbar to the top?




"glitterbug99" wrote in
message
...
I'm working with a long Word document, and want to put a "return
to top"
hyperlink onto every page. I've tried putting it in a footer,
but as it's
then in the background, it can't be clicked on. Is there any
other way of
repeating text in the same place on every page? I'm in Word
2002. Thanks.

[Stefan Blom]

You are welcome. However, note that if you are using Word's built-in
heading styles to format the chapter and section titles, and if you
are creating the PDF with Adobe Acrobat (don't know how other PDF
software works), links should be added to the Bookmarks window which
can then be used for navigation.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"glitterbug99" wrote in message
...
Thanks Stefan - I'll try that, I think it's probably the most
sensible
solution.

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Perhaps you could insert a hyperlink at "key points" of the
document,
for example, at the end of each chapter or section? This is not
exactly what you are looking for, but it would certainly help
people
who read the document on screen.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"glitterbug99" wrote in message
...
It's quite a long document and is a training guide to be
circulated
to a
large number of users - I'm trying to make it as easy as
possible
for them to
get back to the contents screen. Thanks though.

"Jezebel" wrote:

Word is an application for *creating* documents. It is not at
its
best as a
method for displaying them on them screen. You could create a
macro that
takes you to any point in the document, and assign that to a
single
keystroke; but why not just drag the scrollbar to the top?




"glitterbug99" wrote
in
message
...
I'm working with a long Word document, and want to put a
"return
to top"
hyperlink onto every page. I've tried putting it in a
footer,
but as it's
then in the background, it can't be clicked on. Is there any
other way of
repeating text in the same place on every page? I'm in Word
2002. Thanks.

[Jezebel]

Acrobat provides the bookmark pane precisely so you DON'T have to cludge up
your pages with superfluous navigation stuff. Don;t reinvent the axle.




"glitterbug99" wrote in message
...
It will be a pdf but I wanted to get the links in first so they're easier
to
convert!

"Jezebel" wrote:

Bad idea. If it's that big and that hard to navigate, don't distribute it
as
a Word document.



"glitterbug99" wrote in message
...
It's quite a long document and is a training guide to be circulated to
a
large number of users - I'm trying to make it as easy as possible for
them
to
get back to the contents screen. Thanks though.

"Jezebel" wrote:

Word is an application for *creating* documents. It is not at its best
as
a
method for displaying them on them screen. You could create a macro
that
takes you to any point in the document, and assign that to a single
keystroke; but why not just drag the scrollbar to the top?




"glitterbug99" wrote in
message
...
I'm working with a long Word document, and want to put a "return to
top"
hyperlink onto every page. I've tried putting it in a footer, but as
it's
then in the background, it can't be clicked on. Is there any other
way
of
repeating text in the same place on every page? I'm in Word 2002.
Thanks.