Hyperlink within a Word document

[The New guy]

It would be great to have a document that is many pages long where I
could click links on the top (or anywhere else) to go to various places
in the document instantly, rather than split it in easier to manage
smaller documents. Is this possible? I don't even know how to describe
this - as in I don't know if "hyperlink" is the correct way of
describing this.

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Try View | Navigation Pane, which offers Thumbnails or the Document Map.
The Document Map shows headings very much like bookmarks in a PDF. This
works best if you already use heading styles, so Word doesn't have to
guess at them.

If your long document doesn't use heading styles, consider employing
them, see the discussion here:
http://shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/UseBuiltInHeadingStyles.html

Related navigation options discussed here:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/UsingOLView.htm
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/documentmap/index.html
http://daiya.mvps.org/browseobject.htm

If you use the Doc Map and then later notice random text in the Doc Map
that shouldn't be there, see here:
http://word.mvps.org/mac/DocMapMac.html

 

[CyberTaz]

If you format the document using Styles for your headings & subheadings the
work is done for you With View> Navigation Pane you can navigate based on
page Thumbnails or by Heading (Document Map). Outline View is another
incarnation of the Document Map feature that also provides convenience.

You might also take a look at the Select Browse Object feature represented
by the double-arrow buttons at the bottom of the Vertical Scroll Bar.

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

 

[CyberTaz]

.... Great Minds... - but you have such a more robust penchant for detail

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

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

No, I just have QuickText in Thunderbird saving all those links, for all
those people who ask how to get tabs in Word like in Excel. Well,
most of the links.

 

[Clive Huggan]

Here's a different take on it (from someone who doesn't like using Document
Map, because of various shortcomings).

I'm not sure whether your pseudonym refers to being new with Word, or to
this newsgroup, or which version of Word you are using.

However, if you're new to Word you may simply need to know that it's
possible (in fact, easy) to create a table of contents. See Word's Help or,
if you are on a Mac rather than a PC, take a look at the article 'Table of
contents, compiling' on page 65 of some notes on the way I use Word for the
Mac, titled "Bend Word to Your Will", which are available as a free download
from the Word MVPs' website
(http://word.mvps.org/Mac/Bend/BendWordToYourWill.html).

With a table of contents in Word, all you have to do is click on the page
number and you'll be taken there.

That said, I often prepare reasonably long working documents that don't have
a table of contents but in which I want my colleagues (and me) to be able to
leap to "various places in the document instantly", as you put it. I simply
create a 2-column table (borders not visible) and in the various cells I
insert hyperlinks to the headings (or bookmarks) I choose, using Insert menu
=> Cross-reference. Of course, the hyperlinks don't *need* to be in a
table.

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from North America and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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[The New guy]

Great tips and a great guide. Many thanks.

Here's a different take on it (from someone who doesn't like using Document
Map, because of various shortcomings).

I'm not sure whether your pseudonym refers to being new with Word, or to
this newsgroup, or which version of Word you are using.

However, if you're new to Word you may simply need to know that it's
possible (in fact, easy) to create a table of contents. See Word's Help or,
if you are on a Mac rather than a PC, take a look at the article 'Table of
contents, compiling' on page 65 of some notes on the way I use Word for the
Mac, titled "Bend Word to Your Will", which are available as a free download
from the Word MVPs' website
(http://word.mvps.org/Mac/Bend/BendWordToYourWill.html).

With a table of contents in Word, all you have to do is click on the page
number and you'll be taken there.

That said, I often prepare reasonably long working documents that don't have
a table of contents but in which I want my colleagues (and me) to be able to
leap to "various places in the document instantly", as you put it. I simply
create a 2-column table (borders not visible) and in the various cells I
insert hyperlinks to the headings (or bookmarks) I choose, using Insert menu
=> Cross-reference. Of course, the hyperlinks don't *need* to be in a
table.

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from North America and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
====================================================