Disappearing Bookmark Problem

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Claudine - 28 Jun 2004 17:40 GMT

Hi there,

I have a document that I'm trying to format. I want the
footer to pull information from the title page (like the
title). I was using a bookmark and ref field to this,
but, if you replace the title the bookmark disappears and
then the ref gives you an error. I was going to write a
short macro to recreate the bookmark, but, then I have to
make sure it's always in the same exact place. I have a
feeling I'm going about this completely wrong. Any
advice appreciated. Thanks! Claudine

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Chip Orange - 28 Jun 2004 19:31 GMT

If the text that you want to pull can be formatted in a style used nowhere
else in the document, then you could use the styleref field in the footer
(also providing that the text is no more than 255 characters in length).

This keeps you from having to deal with bookmarks, which are indeed easily
deleted. I don't use them in my documents except under conditions where I'm
automating their updating; otherwise I can count on a user to delete them at
some point.

hth,

Chip

> Hi there,
>
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> feeling I'm going about this completely wrong. Any
> advice appreciated. Thanks! Claudine

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Claudine - 28 Jun 2004 20:22 GMT

Great thinking Chip. Thanks a bunch!!

Claudine :-)

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