"DSC" wrote in message
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DSC reply:
Thanks guys for the rapid responce to my question. I was aware of the
hidden bookmark feature, but it still gives me list of meaningless numbers
that force me to follow the hyperlink or use some other indirect method to
figure out what a particular hidden bookmark is referring to.
Well, the field result should give you some clue as well.
I my document I frequently have 3+ cross-references in line, and it
becomes annoying to follow all the links to figure out what they all are
plus having to find my way back, even with the help of an extensive
document map. More importantly is when I want to make changes to the
cross-references, the former process is error-prone which could rapidly
add up in my large document. Further alternative solutions that seem
possible to me would be to have an internet-style back button that would
allow me to back track along a recently used hyperlink (i.e. a reverse
hyperlink?).
That is already available, in two forms
1. Press Alt-Left Arrow
2. On the Web toolbar click the first button
The button on the web toolbar can be copied to any other toolbar as well.
Ideally the cross-ref. would behave like the footnote it referres to and
would display the footnote text in a pop up initiated by the cursor.
Unfortunately, Word doesn't do that
I've tried putting comments over my cross-refs. to achieve the latter put
I need to delete then to use the hyderlinks, suppose I could add
hyperlinks to the comments again but that is not so attractive unless
automated.
It wouldn't be all that difficult to write a bit of VBA that would process a
document and enclose all th REF fields in HYPERLINK fields which point to
the same destination and have a tooltip defined which contains the whole
text of the referenced paragraph. If you need help with writing such a
macro, pop across to the one of the Word VBA newsgroups and I'm sure we can
help.
Alternatively is there a way I can force word to allow me to choose a name
for the hidden bookmarks of cross-references as for 'regular' bookmarks?
Not directly. You can create a bookmark marking any piece of text you want,
and create a REF field that points to it. But you can't force a naming
convention on the bookmarks Word automatically generates.
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Regards
Jonathan West - Word MVP
www.intelligentdocuments.co.uk
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