Bookmark brakets all the time now

[Rafael Montserrat]

Hi, Now 'Bookmark' brackets are coming on /90%/ of the time Apart from
going into preferences, which at this point is becoming rediculous, how do I
get this function to stop.


Thanks, Rafael

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Rafael:

Are you sure you are disabling "View Bookmarks"?

Go to Insert>Bookmark and check that you do NOT have "Hidden bookmarks"
checked.

The bookmarks in question SHOULD be "hidden".

The only other thing you can do is "Don't copy from THAT source". The
bookmarks are a placeholder created during various pasting operations if the
source is in a different code from the destination.

If you paste from the source into Text Edit, and then Copy again in Text
Edit and paste into Word, you shouldn't get them.

Cheers

Hi, Now 'Bookmark' brackets are coming on /90%/ of the time Apart from
going into preferences, which at this point is becoming rediculous, how do I
get this function to stop.


Thanks, Rafael

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[CyberTaz]

When you change the setting make sure you then change something in the doc,
Undo, then save. If that doesn't cause the setting to hold something else
must be at work, it's just a matter of what.

Keep in mind first that displayed gray brackets can come from other sources
if you paste content in, so are you certain these are Bookmarks you've
created rather than something that looks like the same thing? If you're
certain that they are Word Bookmarks & that the setting isn't holding
(despite doing as described above) I'd suspect either of 2 things:

1- Some sort of add-in, haxie or other 3rd party software that's preventing
Word from saving the Prefs change - Are you having similar difficulty with
any other settings changes being retained?

2- Damaged/corrupted Normal of prefs file. If you're certain #1 isn't the
problem try testing Normal & prefs as suggested here:

http://word.mvps.org/mac/MacWordNormal.html

http://word.mvps.org/Mac/DamagedPrefs.html

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Rafael Montserrat]

Hi John,

I do NOT have "Hidden bookmarks" checked.

The bookmarks in question AREN'T hidden.

The only other thing you can do is "Don't copy from THAT source". The
bookmarks are a placeholder created during various pasting operations if the
source is in a different code from the destination.

I don't understand: "Don't copy from THAT source". Is that something you're
telling me, or is there some sort of command called that?

Source can often be from the internet. In other words, if I want the text
of an article, I'll select-copy-paste into word for economy of text layout,
and for me to manipulate. But I don't think that those copies get
bookmarks. I think it's when I'm working (when I've started) on a new word
page.

If you paste from the source into Text Edit, and then Copy again in Text
Edit and paste into Word, you shouldn't get them.

I understand how to do that, but that seems quite a round-about way to go
about it. I would assume that Word is not designed to have to do that and
that there's somekind of glitch involved in my Word that needs fixing, or
exterminating.

Best, Rafael

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Rafael:

As I said, the bookmark should not be appearing. I am afraid I do not know
why it is. I had thought the issue was cured by Service pack 11.2.0.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/915055/en-us

Sorry

Hi John,

I do NOT have "Hidden bookmarks" checked.

The bookmarks in question AREN'T hidden.

I don't understand: "Don't copy from THAT source". Is that something you're
telling me, or is there some sort of command called that?

Source can often be from the internet. In other words, if I want the text
of an article, I'll select-copy-paste into word for economy of text layout,
and for me to manipulate. But I don't think that those copies get
bookmarks. I think it's when I'm working (when I've started) on a new word
page.
I understand how to do that, but that seems quite a round-about way to go
about it. I would assume that Word is not designed to have to do that and
that there's somekind of glitch involved in my Word that needs fixing, or
exterminating.

Best, Rafael

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