Document information in toolbar tip from scrollbar

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Paul

Not too sure how to say this, but I've got a text file of a large document
(Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations) that I've saved as a .doc. I want to insert
section headings or whatnot, so that when I scroll up and down the document,
I can see the book/chapter numbers in a little popup window. Right now, the
only thing I see is page number. I don't want page number (obviously
different editions will have different page numbers).

Alternately--would it be easier simply to create a table of contents with
links to the chapters in the text? What I want is the ability to quickly
navigate to a particular section of the document. I can do this either by
scrolling down and seeing what chapter I'm scrolling through via a popup
window, or I can just navigate via a table of contents with links--whichever
is easier (read: quicker).
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Paul

MS Office Pro 2003
XP Home SP3
Dell Inspiron 1501
 
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Paul

N/m. I found that I could turn the chapter titles into document headings
(Ctrl+Alt+ a number), and this would do it. I tried this before, but it
didn't work. Perhaps the document has to be saved first, for these headings
to be used by the scrollbar?
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Paul

MS Office Pro 2003
XP Home SP3
Dell Inspiron 1501
 
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Paul

Actually, the new headings aren't seen until I save and then close the
document, then reopen it.
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Paul

MS Office Pro 2003
XP Home SP3
Dell Inspiron 1501
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

Once you've applied heading styles to the titles, you will be able to use
the Document Map and/or generate a (linked) TOC based on those headings.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
 

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