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Subject:Re: Clickable or Hyperlinked Index Entries From:Roberta Hennessey <rahennessey -at- gmail -dot- com> To:Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca> Date:Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:22:54 -0400
Thanks Tony. I was hoping there was a way to do it without using the
bookmarks. I know there are those field options but I'm not quite sure how
to use them.I do like that shortcut though!!
I may have been working on the headings with the document map - so odd that
Word wouldn't just automatically update these things.
Thanks again.
On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca> wrote:
> Hi Bobbi,
>
> The fastest way to create hyperlinks is <ctrl>-<k> . You can link to
> any heading in the document. If you want to link to any internal
> paragraph text, you need to specify a bookmark.
>
> The document map is a funny beast and I'd like to learn more about it
> myself. If your document maintains a consistent structure using
> heading styles, it usually works without a glitch. However, if you
> apply direct formatting to any of the headings, it breaks.
>
> Sad, because I often want the document title page at the top of the
> document map, but depending on how I change the title format I may
> lose the map entirely.
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Tony
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Roberta Hennessey
> <rahennessey -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> > Is there a way other than bookmarks to create clickable or
> > Hyperlinked Index Entries in Word 2007?
> >
> > Also, the document map function in Word 2007 has somehow
> > gotten corrupted. Is there a way to fix it?
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Bobbi Hennessey
> >
> > --
> > Roberta Hennessey
> > Technical Writer
> > (978) 835-4282
>
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Roberta Hennessey
Technical Writer
(978) 835-4282
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