Index and bookmarks or hyperlinks

[Kristen]

Help. I know there must be a quick way to do this. I have created an index
at the end of a large Word 2003 document. I am trying to find out out those
index enteries can be bookmarked or quickly linked to the item in the
document that they list the page numbers for.

 

[Kim K]

If you use the Word feature "insert index", it does all the linking for you.

 

[Kristen]

I used insert index but it only lists the items that I marked to be included
with the index and their page numbers. I am looking for a way to link to
those items in the document since my company works in a paperless environment
as much as possible.

I have since found naother post that describes the problem that I am having
and other posts there indicated that it is not possible in Word 2003.

Thanks for your suggestion though.

 

[Kim K]

I think you're right. I found a workaround that might work for you:

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Microsoft-Word-1058/Index-hyperlink.htm

 

[Kristen]

Thanks for the link. This is the long and slow process that I am working on.
I just hope there are no more edits for the page numbers to change. I fear
if I take out the page numbers in the hyper link on the Index pages, some of
the paper holdouts will get upset. I just find it hard to believe that Word
does not have this functionality. They have it in the Table of Contents!

 

[Kim K]

I agree, this would be a really good feature

Thanks for the link. This is the long and slow process that I am working on.
I just hope there are no more edits for the page numbers to change. I fear
if I take out the page numbers in the hyper link on the Index pages, some of
the paper holdouts will get upset. I just find it hard to believe that Word
does not have this functionality. They have it in the Table of Contents!