Bookmarks

[Guest]

I just started a new job and I noticed something I never saw before on
Windows Word 2003. I randomly see bookmarks throughout the document for no
reason. I see them on everyone's documents. I have always set my computer
where I can see the bookmark brackets but this is unusual.

I would appreciate it if anyone can help. Thanks, Lisa

 

[Guest]

Have you tried to check the names of these bookmarks? If you position the
insertion point within one of the bookmarks and select Insert > Bookmark,
Word should automatically select that bookmark in the list. Is the bookmark
named OLE_LINKx where x is a number?

About the OLE_LINK bookmarks:
If you copy text (or any content) from a Word document and paste it into,
e.g., PowerPoint or Excel, this may generate an OLE_LINK bookmark that
surrounds the copied text in Word. It is difficult to find out whether these
OLE_LINK bookmarks serve any purpose. Maybe they were meant to be used if
there is a link between the copied and pasted content, however, they often
appear after a “normal†copy and paste.

I have deleted such OLE_LINK bookmarks in several documents and never
experienced that it has caused any problems. However, if you have content
linked to other documents, you may need to be more careful.

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Regards
Lene Fredborg
DocTools - Denmark
www.thedoctools.com
Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word