How to hyperlink to a specific location in a Word document?

[Guest]

I have linked an Excel document to a Word document. The Word document has
hyperlinks within it to navigate from the top index (sections 1-8) to the
body of the same text. I am now being asked to refine it and link the
sub-sections to one another. I.e. D3.2 Excel to the section D3.2 in Word
instead of to the index which is hyperlinked. I have tried endlessly with no
success. Any ideas? Window 2000 Professional.

 

[raypayette]

You have to have a bookmark in the Word document an in the link you have
to add #bookmarkName to the hyperlink

 

[Dave Peterson]

If I want a link in Excel that points at a specific location in an MSWord
document, I'd add a bookmark to that document and use one of these:

(Insert|hyperlink style)
C:\MY DOCUMENTS\WORD\MyDoc.DOC#bkmk01
Or
=hyperlink() style:
=hyperlink("C:\MY DOCUMENTS\WORD\MyDoc.DOC#bkmk01")

 

[Guest]

I am still not certain how to create a bookmark in Word. I have tried but I
guess I am writing the "formula" wrong in the hyperling field?

 

[Dave Peterson]

Select a location in your word file.
Insert|Bookmark

(remember to save the file with the change)

 

[Guest]

Thanx Dave. This confirms that I have been creating the bookmarks
appropriately. The hyperlink field entry must be where I am going wrong.
Here is what I do:
("\\long reference to Excel file\word.doc#D1_1) This does not work. I get
an error indicating "unexpected error" with all variations I have tried.
I have also tried this format using a file reference instead. I know my
file reference is entered correctly as I have tested it on its own and it
works.
In this example, I do not understand where the peice "Quartely Profit
Report" comes from : To create a hyperlink to a specific location in a
Microsoft Word document, you must use a bookmark to define the location you
want to jump to in the document. The following example creates a hyperlink to
the bookmark named QrtlyProfits in the document named Annual Report.doc
located at www.business.com:
HYPERLINK("[http://www.business.com/Annual Report.doc]QrtlyProfits",
"Quarterly Profit Report")
Thanx again!

 

[Dave Peterson]

I know that the suggestions work when pointing to a file on my harddrive or on a
network drive. And I'm confused where your MSWord document lives--on your
harddrive or as a web page???

I don't speak enough HTML to know how that works--but I'd try this:

HYPERLINK("http://www.business.com/Annual Report.doc#QrtlyProfits",
"Quarterly Profit Report")

(%20 is HTML speak for a space character)

If that doesn't work, maybe someone who does this stuff can chime in.)

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I'm not sure why you would use a "long reference to excel file" as the path to
the word document, either.

Maybe...

=hyperlink("\\long reference to word doc\MyDoc.DOC#bkmk01")

Thanx Dave. This confirms that I have been creating the bookmarks
appropriately. The hyperlink field entry must be where I am going wrong.
Here is what I do:
("\\long reference to Excel file\word.doc#D1_1) This does not work. I get
an error indicating "unexpected error" with all variations I have tried.
I have also tried this format using a file reference instead. I know my
file reference is entered correctly as I have tested it on its own and it
works.
In this example, I do not understand where the peice "Quartely Profit
Report" comes from : To create a hyperlink to a specific location in a
Microsoft Word document, you must use a bookmark to define the location you
want to jump to in the document. The following example creates a hyperlink to
the bookmark named QrtlyProfits in the document named Annual Report.doc
located at www.business.com:
HYPERLINK("[http://www.business.com/Annual Report.doc]QrtlyProfits",
"Quarterly Profit Report")
Thanx again!