Hi Diane,
You can't easily prevent the "Error! Bookmark not defined" message from appearing in bold. However, if you go into Format|Styles and
uncheck the 'update automatically' option, that should prevent the Style from updating.
If you're committed to retaining automatic Style updating without this being affected by the bookmark errors, you'll need an IF
field coded along the lines of:
{IF{REF BkMrk}= "Error!*" "Error! Bookmark not found." {REF BkMrk}}
where 'BkMrk' is your bookmark name.
Cheers

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macropod
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> Group -
> Whenever a bookmark is used and the bookmark is not defined, the style is
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> Thanks,
> Diane