How do I to make a desktop Word (2003 shortcut to a specific bookm

M

Mani

I used to be able to make a desktop shortcut to Word that would let me open a
certain document to a specific bookmark. Either I've forgotton the magic
formula or this version of Word does not support doing this. Can anyone
help???
 
A

Armadillow

Temporary fix.

Save the document to your desktop. Set up a MACRO that will take you to a
certain point when the document is opened. If the document doesn't open to
the right point. set up a MaACRO that you run right after you open the
document.
 
T

Tony Jollans

Select the point in the document you want to open at and copy it.
Right click somewhere on your desktop and select Paste Shortcut
 
M

Mani

Thanks to Tony and Armadillow ... neither of these provides the fix I need.
I'm looking for a text string to put into the "Target" or "Start in" box in
'properties' that will open Word and the document and automatically take me
to the latest location of a particular bookmark within that document.
 
J

Jay Freedman

Thanks to Tony and Armadillow ... neither of these provides the fix I need.
I'm looking for a text string to put into the "Target" or "Start in" box in
'properties' that will open Word and the document and automatically take me
to the latest location of a particular bookmark within that document.
Click to expand...

I don't know what you think you remember, but there isn't anything
like that and -- at least as far back as Word 2.0c -- never was. All
the startup switches for Word are listed at
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=210565, and none of them take you
to a specified bookmark. The closest you'll get with a command line is
if the bookmark also happens to the be last location you edited in the
document, and you use the command-line switch /mGoBack in the
shortcut (in which case the Target command must also include the full
path and name of WinWord.exe).

Maybe you're thinking of how a Word document can be opened from a link
in an HTML file. If you save this in a .htm file:

<html>
<body>
<a href="C:\someDoc.doc#startHere">click me</a>
</body>
</html>

and open the .htm file in a browser, the link says "click me". Click
the link, and if the document contains a startHere bookmark, the file
will open there. You can do the same with a hyperlink in one Word
document opening another Word document. Just not with a desktop
shortcut.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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