Table Hyperlinks Don't Work in Word 2008

[Phoenix]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

I have built a document with multiple heading levels. I have successfully generated a table of contents that correctly identifies the page on which each topic starts.

The problem is that clicking on the page numbers in the TOC does not do anything until halfway or more through the table. That is, on this 44 page document, hyperlinking does not work until about page 30. On earlier pages, clicking on the page number in the table does nothing.

I have rebuilt the full table (not just page numbers), but that doesn't help.

I suspect it's (another) bug in Word 2008. The same document behaves fine on my Tiger machine running Word X and on my PC running Word for Windows.

Any guesses on how to fix it?

 

[John McGhie]

It sounds as though that document might be in .doc format. That's making
life a bit hard for Word 2008.

* If you re-save the document in .docx format (and regenerate the whole
table of the TOC) does that fix it?

* If you delete the TOC and re-insert it, does that fix it?

Comparisons with PC Word are not fully valid. The TOC generator in Word on
the PC has the ability to create both hyperlinks and cross-references in the
Table of Contents. Mac Word creates only the cross-references.

So if the TOC has been generated on the PC, clicking anywhere within a TOC
entry will jump to the destination page. If the TOC has been generated in
Mac Word, you must double-click exactly on the page number.

Hope this gives you something to go on...

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

I have built a document with multiple heading levels. I have successfully
generated a table of contents that correctly identifies the page on which each
topic starts.

The problem is that clicking on the page numbers in the TOC does not do
anything until halfway or more through the table. That is, on this 44 page
document, hyperlinking does not work until about page 30. On earlier pages,
clicking on the page number in the table does nothing.

I have rebuilt the full table (not just page numbers), but that doesn't help.

I suspect it's (another) bug in Word 2008. The same document behaves fine on
my Tiger machine running Word X and on my PC running Word for Windows.

Any guesses on how to fix it?

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Sydney, Australia. mailto:[email protected]

 

[Phoenix]

Thanks for the advice. Saving the Word document as a .docx file works, but it doesn't much help me. I am creating this for a client that only uses .doc files. Ironically what this means is that my .doc files work fine for them -- just not for me.

 

[John McGhie]

Yeah, that's what I thought.

Sorry, it's a bug, and they're not likely to fix it. The new version of
Word is being created now, so I guess all the developers have moved onto
that project.

Sorry...

Thanks for the advice. Saving the Word document as a .docx file works, but it
doesn't much help me. I am creating this for a client that only uses .doc
files. Ironically what this means is that my .doc files work fine for them --
just not for me.

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[Phillip Jones, C.E.T.]

Just make sure you put their feet to the fire and fix this bug while
developing the new version . :-D

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Phillip:

It wasn't their "feet" I was thinking of putting in the fire...

Cheers

Just make sure you put their feet to the fire and fix this bug while
developing the new version . :-D

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[c.a.laurence]

Hello, I just thought I'd revive this as I had the same problem and nothingworked, so I came up with my own fix.

Basics: I'm on a Macbook running Word 2008 and I use .doc files (Compatibility mode).

Problem: I could create a TOC but it wasn't clickable - anywhere. Some people say you have to click in a certain place, usually just before the page number, but I didn't want page numbers in the contents list anyway.

My workaround:
- For each heading you want to go in the contents, give this a heading style (as you would to create a normal TOC if it actually worked)
- Go to Insert --> Cross-reference
- Under Reference type, choose Heading from the drop down
- Then just insert the headings one by one by selecting clicking 'insert'.

Hope this helps someone else who's encountered this problem.

Cat â“‹