Hyperlink numbers

[Matt Baran]

When I create a table of contents with built in
hyperlinks, MSWord2000 automatically sets a hyperlink # in
the format of TOC_5678839200 to the link. Whenever I make
changes to the document anywhere and need to update the
TOC all of the Hyperlinks numbers change, even if the
information in that field does not change. I am looking
for a way to freeze those assigned link #'s. Or a way to
create my own individual link names that will not change
on an update. Is this at all possible? If not what are
some other options that I have? My delema is that I use
the TOC #'s to point to the particular areas of my help
documents when I make a change I have to rekey all the new
hyerlinks in to the help files.

 

[Cindy Meister -WordMVP-]

Hi Matt,

Back in the "bad ol' days", Word used to generate a new set
of _TOC numbers each time the TOC was updated, and never
deleted the existing ones. This led to all kinds of problems,
including damaged files. So looked at from a Word POV, this
is definitely a good thing.

I'd say you'd need to use VBA to generate the entire table of
contents, including the hyperlinks, to static, manually
created bookmarks.

OR create a set of bookmarks manually, and link your
helpfiles directly to those, rather than using the numbers
the TOC generates.

When I create a table of contents with built in
hyperlinks, MSWord2000 automatically sets a hyperlink # in
the format of TOC_5678839200 to the link. Whenever I make
changes to the document anywhere and need to update the
TOC all of the Hyperlinks numbers change, even if the
information in that field does not change. I am looking
for a way to freeze those assigned link #'s. Or a way to
create my own individual link names that will not change
on an update. Is this at all possible? If not what are
some other options that I have? My delema is that I use
the TOC #'s to point to the particular areas of my help
documents when I make a change I have to rekey all the new
hyerlinks in to the help files.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jan
24 2003)
http://www.mvps.org/word

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