Duplicate Bookmarks...

[Guest]

Hi,

I would like to reuse the same bookmark say FirstName in
two places in a word document. Is it possible add a
reference or something so that when i assign the value in
the first place it automatically updates the values in the
other location.

Many Thanks,
Madan.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Bookmarks can't be reused, but you can have as many cross-references to them
as you like. They do not update automatically, however; you have to Ctrl+A,
F9 to update them.

 

[Guest]

Hi,

Thanks for the reply i tried the following and it did
not work,

I added a bookmark First_Name in the document.
I inserted a reference to the bookmark using
insert/reference. { REF First_Name }

I entered a value by placing the cursor on First Name.
Then did C+A and F9.

Am i doing something wrong.

Many Thanks,
Madan.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You probably overwrote the bookmark when you entered the value. Bookmarks
are very fragile. For something like this you might find document properties
(inserted using a DocProperty field) more viable.