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Greetings. I have a drawn map in Word. Each section of the map is
hyperlinked to a document with the section's inventory. Is there any way that I can make the hyperlink open within an area of the map? As it is the hyperlink opens in a new full-sized window each time and it's rather annoying. Also, should it prove do-able to display a document within a document, would it be possible to be able to edit the displayed document (e.g. inventory changes)? Thanks |
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The short answer is no. However with a bit of lateral thinking you *may* be
able to achieve some measure of what you want with two documents - 1 blank - called Blank.doc (right click in the folder that contains your other document and create a new Word document - called Blank.doc), the other your included document. Let's call it Doc1.doc. If you set your map as a background image in Word you could place over it where you want the document to display (it would have to be a short document) a frame and in the frame insert an INCLUDETEXT field eg {INCLUDETEXT "D:\\Path\\Doc1.doc"} This will display your document within the confines of the frame (which is why I suggested it would have to be a short document). You can then toggle between the document with content Doc1 and the empty document Blank using the following macro Sub ToggleTextField() Dim strCodes As String Dim iFld As Integer Dim strFind As String Dim strRepl As String strFind = "Doc1" strRepl = "Blank" strCodes = ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.View.ShowFieldCodes ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.View.ShowFieldCodes = True Selection.HomeKey For iFld = ActiveDocument.Fields.Count To 1 Step -1 With ActiveDocument.Fields(iFld) If .Type = wdFieldIncludeText Then If InStr(1, .Code.Text, strFind) Then .Code.Text = replace(.Code.Text, strFind, strRepl) Else .Code.Text = replace(.Code.Text, strRepl, strFind) End If .Update End If End With Next iFld ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.View.ShowFieldCodes = strCodes End Sub http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm Your document here Doc1 can be edited as any other and the changes will be reflected when you run the macro. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Darkdrew wrote: Greetings. I have a drawn map in Word. Each section of the map is hyperlinked to a document with the section's inventory. Is there any way that I can make the hyperlink open within an area of the map? As it is the hyperlink opens in a new full-sized window each time and it's rather annoying. Also, should it prove do-able to display a document within a document, would it be possible to be able to edit the displayed document (e.g. inventory changes)? Thanks |
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Thank you for your reply. However, I have very little knowledge of frames
and macros. The closest I can get is to convert a text box to a frame, but am unable to move it. Also, there are 23 documents linked to the map I drew in Word. But 2 questions come up now: 1) Since the linked documents are inventory lists, if I put them into Excel instead, would it be possible to display them as a table inside a box and maybe have it editable? 2) Failing all else, is it possible to change the size of the window that opens from the hyperlink so that it's not maximized? Again, thank you for your efforts. "Graham Mayor" wrote: The short answer is no. However with a bit of lateral thinking you *may* be able to achieve some measure of what you want with two documents - 1 blank - called Blank.doc (right click in the folder that contains your other document and create a new Word document - called Blank.doc), the other your included document. Let's call it Doc1.doc. If you set your map as a background image in Word you could place over it where you want the document to display (it would have to be a short document) a frame and in the frame insert an INCLUDETEXT field eg {INCLUDETEXT "D:\\Path\\Doc1.doc"} This will display your document within the confines of the frame (which is why I suggested it would have to be a short document). You can then toggle between the document with content Doc1 and the empty document Blank using the following macro Sub ToggleTextField() Dim strCodes As String Dim iFld As Integer Dim strFind As String Dim strRepl As String strFind = "Doc1" strRepl = "Blank" strCodes = ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.View.ShowFieldCodes ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.View.ShowFieldCodes = True Selection.HomeKey For iFld = ActiveDocument.Fields.Count To 1 Step -1 With ActiveDocument.Fields(iFld) If .Type = wdFieldIncludeText Then If InStr(1, .Code.Text, strFind) Then .Code.Text = replace(.Code.Text, strFind, strRepl) Else .Code.Text = replace(.Code.Text, strRepl, strFind) End If .Update End If End With Next iFld ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.View.ShowFieldCodes = strCodes End Sub http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm Your document here Doc1 can be edited as any other and the changes will be reflected when you run the macro. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Darkdrew wrote: Greetings. I have a drawn map in Word. Each section of the map is hyperlinked to a document with the section's inventory. Is there any way that I can make the hyperlink open within an area of the map? As it is the hyperlink opens in a new full-sized window each time and it's rather annoying. Also, should it prove do-able to display a document within a document, would it be possible to be able to edit the displayed document (e.g. inventory changes)? Thanks |
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