Link to specific page in another Word document?

[Guest]

Is there a way I can hyperlink from one Word document to another, so that it
lands on a specified page? How about from a Word document to a specific page
in a PDF document?

Thanks.

Jo

 

[Jezebel]

Yes to both. You can set a hyperlink to target a bookmark. Bookmark the
destination, save, then in the source use Insert > Hyperlink; select the
target document; then click the Bookmark button on the hyperlink dialog.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your reply, Jezebel. However, I was hoping I could just specify a
page number though. I'd prefer not to have to set up a bookmark for each page
just to jump to a page number. Seems cumbersome and messy if the pagination
changes later with updates.

Also, bookmarks are not the same thing in PDF. In PDF one has to set up
"names destinations" which I'd prefer to avoid. I don't think there's a Word
equivalent to these that would be transferred cleanly in a file conversion,
unless I've missed something.

Jo

 

[Jezebel]

You avoid the changing pagination problem by bookmarking the actual target,
rather than the page. In any case, hyperlinks to specific pages will be
wrong as soon as your pagination changes, anyway.

Yes, bookmarks ARE essentially the same thing in PDFs (as on web pages), and
they DO get transferred when you convert your document to PDF. Although
you'll have to update the hyperlinks anyway, because the target document
itself has changed.

 

[Guest]

I'd love to know what you're using to convert, then. I've tried using a
PDF-conversion utility, and a colleague also did a test-convert using Acrobat
6. The only links that translated at all are www-links, not internal links or
links to a local file. Even when I set up a bookmark in Word, it does not
show up in the bookmarks in the PDF. Only standard Headings show up as
bookmarks, but I'm trying to create an Index so it's not detailed enough.

Jo

 

[Jezebel]

I use Acrobat.

I'd love to know what you're using to convert, then. I've tried using a
PDF-conversion utility, and a colleague also did a test-convert using
Acrobat
6. The only links that translated at all are www-links, not internal links
or
links to a local file. Even when I set up a bookmark in Word, it does not
show up in the bookmarks in the PDF. Only standard Headings show up as
bookmarks, but I'm trying to create an Index so it's not detailed enough.

Jo

 

[Guest]

What version?

I use Acrobat.

 

[Jezebel]

Version 7.

Go to Edit > Preferences. Select 'Convert to PDF' from the Categories list,
then 'Microsoft Office' from the 'Converting to PDF' list. Click 'Edit
Settings'. Check the 'Add bookmarks and links to Adobe PDF file' checkbox.

 

[Guest]

Thank you! My colleague used version 6, so maybe this is a new feature. Your
instructions will definitely help. Thanks again!

Jo

 

[Jezebel]

There's also an option somewhere to convert headings to bookmarks (which
Word does automatically anyway, if you have a TOC).

 

[Guest]

Yes, I've noticed that it does that. Thanks again.

Jo

 

[Guest]

My colleague tried converting the Word documents using Acrobat 7 (she'd
apparently used version 4 before, and upgraded). On one hand, there are
finally usable links (sort of; yay!). On the other hand, it didn't open the
corresponding PDF document - instead it opened the original Word document!
(Sigh... I'm not sure if that's progress or not. LOL)

I can create a Word document that links to the converted PDF, but I can't
access the bookmarks in the PDF from Word's link creation window. I would
assume converting the linking document would open the correct PDF, but I'm
not taking anything for granted anymore. ;-)

My colleague followed your instructions about the settings, but I'm not sure
if there might be some other settings that would work or how to do this. My
colleague is not very familiar with Acrobat, and I don't have it (and we're
not in the same office), so I'm not sure how to advise her.

If you have any further ideas about this, I would really appreciate the
help. Thanks!!

Jo