Hi Everyone,

How do I keep a hyperlink active in a footer once the footer is closed? I
want to write something like "Back to Table of Contents" or something like
that.

thanks,
sparke

You can't. The header and footer are in a different document layer or
"story" from the main document, and Word does not permit both layers to be
accessible simultaneously. What you can do is add a "Go to TOC" toolbar
button in Word 2003 (and possibly 2002); find this in Tools | Customize
under All Commands as GotoTableofContents (this works for most TOCs; it does
not work if you have any TOC entries generated by TC fields). In previous
versions, you can use the Back button on (or from) the Web toolbar.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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Hi Everyone,

How do I keep a hyperlink active in a footer once the footer is closed? I
want to write something like "Back to Table of Contents" or something like
that.

thanks,
sparke

Thanks for the reply - I did what you said (on my computer) and it works
fine. I would like to be able to send the document to others and not have to
give them instructions on how to do that. I copied the "button image" to the
bottom of one pages in my doc and created a hyperlink out of it. That too
works fine; however I will have to copy and paste it on 86 pages, just as if
I were to type a "back button" on each page and create a hyperlink. Maybe
there is no solution...once again, thanks.

"Sparke" wrote:

Hi Everyone,

How do I keep a hyperlink active in a footer once the footer is closed? I
want to write something like "Back to Table of Contents" or something like
that.

thanks,
sparke

Indeed, there is no good way to accomplish this for other users, but I think
your solution is overkill. Most users will know how to use Back or Shift+F5
or even just Ctrl+Home to get back to the TOC.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Sparke" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the reply - I did what you said (on my computer) and it works
fine. I would like to be able to send the document to others and not have
to
give them instructions on how to do that. I copied the "button image" to
the
bottom of one pages in my doc and created a hyperlink out of it. That too
works fine; however I will have to copy and paste it on 86 pages, just as
if
I were to type a "back button" on each page and create a hyperlink. Maybe
there is no solution...once again, thanks.

"Sparke" wrote:

Hi Everyone,

How do I keep a hyperlink active in a footer once the footer is closed?
I
want to write something like "Back to Table of Contents" or something
like
that.

thanks,
sparke