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leegold
Jan 17, 2022Copper Contributor
Linking to a Heading in another MS Word document
Hi folks, skip down to "Example 4" below if you want the TL;DR.
Before you post a possible solution, please check it's none of Examples 1 through 3, as these have been reviewed in detail previously and are not viable solutions to the following Problem Statement.
Before you post a possible solution, please check it's none of Examples 1 through 3, as these have been reviewed in detail previously and are not viable solutions to the following Problem Statement.
Problem Statement
I have a suite of MS Word documents that relate to other MS Word documents. When linking from one to another, I'd like to scroll the user to the relevant Heading in the second document, rather than put them in at the top of what are often long documents, with dozens of structured Headings in styles Heading 1 through Heading 4.
I know how to link from the first document to a Bookmark in the second document, but I can't seem to target an instance of a Heading in the second document, meaning I would have to manually create a bookmark for each Heading in the second document, which becomes an administrative nightmare when you have dozens or hundreds of Headings, all of which would need their own duplicating Bookmark.
Feature I'm hoping to discover exists
I'm trying to deeplink to a specific instance of a Heading in a different MS Word document to the one I'm linking from.
Solutions attempted
I've tried heaps already, and am proficient in examples 1 through 3 below. I'm explicitly looking for instructions on example 4 below:
Example 1: Within "Document A", create a hyperlink to scroll to a "Heading" also within "Document A".
#1 is easy and working as per instructions and screenshot below
#1 is easy and working as per instructions and screenshot below
Example 2: Within "Document A", create a hyperlink to open "Document B".
#2 is also easy, and working as per instructions and screenshot below.
#2 is also easy, and working as per instructions and screenshot below.
Example 3: Within "Document A", create a hyperlink to open "Document B" to pre-scrolled down to a specific MS Word "Bookmark" (which I've previously manually created within "Document B" using "Insert > Bookmark" to the selected text).
#3 is also easy and working and per instructions and screenshot below.
#3 is also easy and working and per instructions and screenshot below.
Example 4: Within "Document A", create a hyperlink to open "Document B" to pre-scrolled down to a specific MS Word "Heading 1" (which I've previously manually created within "Document B" using "Apply Style 'Heading 1' to the selected text").
#4 appears impossible (it looks like I can't target INSTANCES of "Heading Styles" (called "Headings") from an external document, damning me to a life of having to ALSO manually create "Bookmarks" for each "Heading" I have within a document that I'd like to link directly to from another MS Word document.
Has anyone had any success with reducing the manual maintenance burden of maintaining a suite of "Bookmarks" within a document by successfully targeting "Headings" when linking into a different MS Word document?
Thanks in advance 🙂
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leegold It appears that this is now a standard feature in the web interface for a word document, at least one that is on a sharepoint.
Right click the heading
Select "Copy Link to Heading"
Adjust permissions etc.
Paste
viola
- DubiTheManCopper Contributor
leegold It appears that this is now a standard feature in the web interface for a word document, at least one that is on a sharepoint.
Right click the heading
Select "Copy Link to Heading"
Adjust permissions etc.
Paste
viola
- Charles_KenyonBronze Contributor
You might try creating (and deleting) a Table of Contents in target documents. This will create (hidden) bookmarks for all headings.
Within a document, when you insert a cross-reference or hyperlink to a heading, this action creates a hidden bookmark for the heading.