WD97: Can Add Bookmark to Hyperlink When No Bookmark Exists

Last reviewed: September 29, 1997
Article ID: Q174324

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

If you click Browse under "Named location in file (optional)" in the Edit Hyperlink dialog box, you can type in a bookmark name, even though there are no bookmarks in the file that the hyperlink points to.

Word does not show any errors, and if you click the hyperlink, Word opens and shows the first page of the correct document in the document window.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Word 97 for Windows. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

There are no apparent negative effects from this behavior.

Additional query words: 8.0 8.00
Keywords : word8 word97
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug

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Last reviewed: September 29, 1997
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