[rruckus]

This seems to be a really bad Word bug/behaviour. If anyone has any ideas on how to fix or workaround it, I would be very grateful!

1. Create a new blank Word document (I'm in 2010)
2. Type two paragraphs and make the second a Heading style
3. Select a word in the first para and choose Insert Hyperlink
4. Make a link to the heading you created in step 2 by using the "Place in this document" window.
5. Select the first paragraph that contains your link (not the heading) and make it Hidden (Home TabFontEffectsHidden)
6. Immediately Save and reopen your document

Now your link will be broken! Try to ctl-click and it won't work OR put your cursor in the link and hit f9 and it will change the link text to "Error! Hyperlink reference not valid."

Underneath the OOXML it looks like the target is getting set to an external href which it obviously shouldn't be! I need to have a workaround or fix for this (VBA or user is fine).