Restoring bookmark in header/footer

[G.G.Yagoda]

Restoring a bookmark after changing its contents is a snap in the main
story of the document with ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Add. Not so in
headers/footers. What's the secret there?

 

[G.G.Yagoda]

Hard to believe there've been no nibbles on this one.

I inherited a template with bookmarks buried inside cell 2 of a table
buried inside the first-page header. After changing the bookmark text,
I cannot "add" the bookmark the way it can be added in the main
document.

Dave Lett wrote this concerning the problem:

"You need to access the story range the header is in. With Wo­rd, that
can be the first page header, the even page header(s), or the prima­ry
(odd) page header(s). You can use something like the following:

ActiveDocument.Sections(1).Headers(wdHeaderFooterPrimary) _
..Range.Bookmarks("test").Range.text = "Insert text here"

Unfortunately, changing that line of code to "add" the bookmark doesn't
work. Nor does:

ActiveDocument.Sections(1).Headers(wdHeaderFooterPrimary) _
..Range.Tables(1).Range.Cells(2).Range.Bookmarks.Add

Nor does:

ActiveDocument.Sections(1).Headers(wdHeaderFooterPrimary) _
..Range.Tables(1).Range.Bookmarks.Add

There must be *some* way to restore the bookmark in headers/footers
after changing its contents. What am I missing here? Grateful for any
and all input.

 

[Jonathan West]

Hi G.G.Yagoda

Try this

Dim oRange as Range
Set oRange = ActiveDocument.Sections(1).Headers(wdHeaderFooterPrimary) _
.Range.Bookmarks("test").Range
oRange.Text = "Insert text here"
ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Add Name:="test", Range:=oRange

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Jonathan West - Word MVP
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Hard to believe there've been no nibbles on this one.

I inherited a template with bookmarks buried inside cell 2 of a table
buried inside the first-page header. After changing the bookmark text,
I cannot "add" the bookmark the way it can be added in the main
document.

Dave Lett wrote this concerning the problem:

"You need to access the story range the header is in. With Word, that
can be the first page header, the even page header(s), or the primary
(odd) page header(s). You can use something like the following:

ActiveDocument.Sections(1).Headers(wdHeaderFooterPrimary) _
..Range.Bookmarks("test").Range.text = "Insert text here"

Unfortunately, changing that line of code to "add" the bookmark doesn't
work. Nor does:

ActiveDocument.Sections(1).Headers(wdHeaderFooterPrimary) _
..Range.Tables(1).Range.Cells(2).Range.Bookmarks.Add

Nor does:

ActiveDocument.Sections(1).Headers(wdHeaderFooterPrimary) _
..Range.Tables(1).Range.Bookmarks.Add

There must be *some* way to restore the bookmark in headers/footers
after changing its contents. What am I missing here? Grateful for any
and all input.

 

[G.G.Yagoda]

Thought I'd tried that. Worked perfectly. Thanks so very much.