WD97: "Bookmark Not Defined!" Error with Converted Hyperlink

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

If you create a document in Word 97 containing a hyperlink (for example: http://www.microsoft.com), save it in Rich Text Format (RTF) or in Word 6.0/95 format, and then open the saved document in Word 6.0 or Word 7.0 (95), the hyperlink field may result in the following error message:

   Error! Bookmark not defined 

CAUSE

When an earlier version of Word opens a document containing a hyperlink field, it assumes that the field is a bookmark name (because hyperlink fields did not exist in earlier versions of Word). Internally, the earlier version of Word adds the REF keyword to what it thinks is a bookmark name.

Therefore, when Word sees the following hyperlink field:

   {HYPERLINK <LINK TYPE="GENERIC" VALUE="http://www.microsoft.com}">http://www.microsoft.com}</LINK> 

   {REF HYPERLINK <LINK TYPE="GENERIC" VALUE="http://www.microsoft.com}">http://www.microsoft.com}</LINK> 

   ref 

RESOLUTION

Use one of the following methods to resolve this problem:

Method 1: Upgrade Word 97 for Windows to SR-1 (PREFERRED)
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To correct the "Error! Bookmark not defined" problem when the document containing a hyperlink field is opened in an earlier version of Microsoft Word, install Microsoft Word 97 Service Release 1 (SR-1).

Please note the following points:

• If you save your document containing a hyperlink in Microsoft Word 97 SR-1, when you save in Word 6.0/95 (binary) format, the hyperlink field is converted to formatted text.
  
  For example: When you save as Word 6.0/95, the hyperlink is removed and the result of the hyperlink is retained as text with the hyperlink formatting (such as blue text color).
  
  -or-
  
  



• If you save your Word document containing a hyperlink in Microsoft Word 97 SR-1 as "Word 97 & 6.0/95 - RTF", the hyperlink field is retained only when you reopen the document in Word 97 SR-1.
  
  If you open your Word 97 document containing a hyperlink in an earlier version of Word, the hyperlink is removed, and the result of the hyperlink is retained as text with the hyperlink formatting (such as blue text color).

Q162214 How to Obtain the Word 97-2000 Import Converter

Method 1: Unlink the Fields in Word 97 Before You Save the File

1. Open the document in Word 97.



2. Run the following macro:

   
      Sub RemoveHyperlinks()
         Dim oFields As Fields
         Dim oField As Field
   
         Set oFields = ActiveDocument.Fields
         For Each oField In oFields
            If oField.Type = wdFieldHyperlink Then oField.Unlink
         Next
      End Sub 




3. Save the document in the desired format (Word 6.0/95 or RTF).

Method 2: Unlink the Fields in the Earlier Version of Word

1. Open the document in the earlier version of Word.



2. Press CTRL+Z on the keyboard to undo the update of the fields. (This occurs if the document is opened in page layout view.)



3. Click a hyperlink field. By default, the field appears as blue underlined text or as "Error! Bookmark not defined".



4. Press CTRL+SHIFT+F9 to unlink the field and convert it to text.



5. Repeat steps 3-4 for the other hyperlink fields.



6. Save the document.

Method 3: Run a WordBasic Macro to Unlink the Fields

1. Open the document in the earlier version of Word.



2. Run the following macro.

   
      Sub MAIN
      'This macro turns on field codes to reveal the hyperlink fields so that
      'only the hyperlink fields are unlinked. It then converts the field to a
      'quote field to make the parsing of the contents of the field easier.
      'The quote field is then updated and unlinked, leaving the text of the
      'hyperlink.
      '
      ' Go to start of document.
      StartOfDocument
      ' Turn on field codes.
      ViewFieldCodes 1
      ' Find each hyperlink field in the document.
      EditFind .Find = "^d HYPERLINK", .Direction = 0, .MatchCase = 0,
      .WholeWord
      = 0, .PatternMatch = 0, .SoundsLike = 0, .Format = 0, .Wrap = 0
      ' loop throught the document.
      While EditFindFound()
      ' If this is a Hyperlink field.
      CharLeft 1
      'convert it to a quote field
      EditReplace .Find = "HYPERLINK", .Replace = "quote", .Direction = 0,
      .MatchCase = 0, .WholeWord = 0, .PatternMatch = 0, .SoundsLike = 0,
      .ReplaceOne, .Format = 0, .Wrap = 0
      UpdateFields
      UnlinkFields
      ' Find the next field.
      CharLeft 1
      EditFind .Find = "^d HYPERLINK", .Direction = 0, .MatchCase = 0,
      .WholeWord
      = 0, .PatternMatch = 0, .SoundsLike = 0, .Format = 0, .Wrap = 0
      Wend
      'Turn off field codes
      ViewFieldCodes 0
      End Sub 




3. Save the document.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Word 97 for Windows. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Word 97 SR-1.

For additional information about SR-1, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q172475 OFF97: How to Obtain and Install MS Office 97 SR-1

MORE INFORMATION

If you are using Word 97 and you receive a document from an earlier version of Word containing UNC or URL paths, you can use the Word 97 autoformatting feature to convert them to hyperlinks by following these steps:

1. Open the document in Word 97.



2. On the Format menu, click AutoFormat.



3. Click the Options button.



4. Click the AutoFormat tab (not the "AutoFormat as you type" tab).



5. Clear all the check boxes except "Internet and network paths with hyperlinks" (that is, leave the "Internet and network paths with hyperlinks" check box selected).



6. Click OK to dismiss the dialog boxes.

Additional query words: SR1 release1 8.0 8.00

Keywords : kbinterop kbusage
Version : WINDOWS:
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug