Need hyperlinks index entries in word 2007

Anonymous
2010-01-30T14:25:46+00:00

Hi All,

I am trying to find a way to get the page numbers in a Word 2007 generated index to contain hyperlinks to the corresponding content in the document. So far I haven't been able to find a way to do this. 

Web searches seem to suggest this could be done with a macro, but that is beyond my skill level. I was wondering if anyone had any other suggestions, or knows of a pre-existing macro I could use to achieve this.

Thanks

Neil

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-09-10T20:49:11+00:00

    Shot him an email, and just got this back.

    Hi, Andy.

    Thanks for your message. I'm actually working on an index hyperlinker. It should be finished in a couple of months. Please send me a message then, and I'll give you an update. Stay tuned. :)

    Best wishes,

    Jack Lyon

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-09-10T19:51:54+00:00

    Yes, we need this.

    Generate index (just like it does), provide page numbers (...), and make the page numbers hyperlink to the location - just like the TOC does.

    I would add... if you Save As a webpage, then in the HTML, it doesn't show the numbers, but does hyperlink the words - just like the TOC does.

    This appears to not be a solution, but I wonder if these guys could add this feature.

    Mentioned in technet, "check the Dexter tool offered at Editorium.com by Jack Lyon"

    This page has no "link" or "hyperlink" on it. Sigh.

    http://www.editorium.com/dexter.htm

    Someone should talk to them and post the outcome here.

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  3. Stefan Blom 353.5K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2012-05-15T19:32:52+00:00

    No one here can change the behavior in Word. You should post a suggestion here: https://feedback.office.microsoft.com/default.aspx.

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-05-15T15:57:12+00:00

    \h = heading?

    Why should that switch work differently in an index than in the TOC? (I can see it not working in the index if the index can't hyperlink, but why differently in each place?)

    { TOC \o "3-3" \u \t "Heading 1,1,Heading 2,2" }

    creates a TOC with page numbers hyperlinked but not the words

    { TOC \o "3-3" \u \t "Heading 1,1,Heading 2,2" \h }

    creates a TOC with both words and page numbers hyperlinked.  Because some of the headings in the main body of the document were bookmarks to other sections, I experimented and removed or changed some of the bookmark designations with no effect on the hyperlinks in the TOC.

    So.....?

    By the way, may I join the others in this forum in expressing the sentiment that the fact that Word can't provide an automatically hyperlinked index is unprofessional, shortsighted, lame, and retarded.  It's also making me look bad because I (naturally) assumed it worked that way and assure my boss that it could be done.

    Ann Coleman

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  5. Anonymous
    2012-02-22T21:37:04+00:00

    I thought the solution given was not too bad if the document wasn't very big. So I created all the bookmarks, then created all the hyperlinks. It all worked good until the first time I updated the index. All the links went away. What a joke.

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