how to link a page

[Carl R]

I am creating a large document in Word. On the index page I want to click on
a category that will take me to that certain spot in the document. Can this
be done? I have searched help but can't find, probaley not using the correct
verbage, can you help please ???
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Microsoft Office 2003 Version
Students and Teachers Edition
Windows Vista Home Premium

Thank-you
Carl R

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/toc/CreateATOC.html

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

If you really mean an index rather than a table of contents, Word does not
hyperlink index entries. You could set this up manually by inserting a
bookmark at the location to which you want to be taken, converting the index
into hard text (Ctrl+Shift+F9), and inserting a hyperlink to that bookmark
in the "index". Depending on how long your index is, this could be a very
laborious process. The biggest problem is that an index often refers to
multiple locations in a document, and a given bookmark can occur only once.
Hence, for index entries with multiple references in the document, you would
have to pick one of them or include a separate bookmark for each location
you want hyperlinked.

On the other hand, if you really mean a table of contents, then Suzanne's
advice will tell you what you need to know.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

It would appear a TOC is what he wanted since he sent me an email thanking
me for the link.

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

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

One never knows... it's useful to be able to read minds. ;-)

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Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

To tell the truth I probably made an unwarranted assumption, but so many
users do refer to a TOC as an index that I really didn't even notice the
terminology since he said he wanted it at the beginning of the document and
the functionality he was describing was that of a TOC (and it wasn't clear
to me that he had anything on his "index page" yet).

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

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

Actually, he didn't say "at the beginning"... I think you inferred that, as
well.

If he responds, perhaps we'll discover whether this is what he wanted. I
suspect you're right, but it's hard to tell. Perhaps we'll find out what he
means by "category," as well.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I guess I really was reading between the lines. Correctly, as it turned out.

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