Return from viewing bookmark

[roccogrand]

I have a short glossary of abbreviations in a document. Each item is defined
as a bookmark.

I want to place hyperlinks throughout the document that will take readers to
the item on the glossary page.

How can I create a button for each glossary item that will take the reader
back to where he/she invoked the hyperlink?

Thanks.

 

[Helmut Weber]

Hi roccogrand,

if it is just for you and not for an end-user,
i'd add two buttons:
HyperlinkOpen,
MyGoback.

In Options, you have to set
Options.CtrlClickHyperlinkToOpen = True,
or in the macro i my example,
for several reason. Can't explain all.

So you put the cursor in the hyperlink.
Execute HyperlinkOpen.
Leads you to the hyperlink.

Do something. Except deleting the bookmark
which was created by HyperlinkOpen.

Click MyGoback.

Sub HyperlinkOpen()
Options.CtrlClickHyperlinkToOpen = True
Selection.Bookmarks.Add "Goback"
Selection.Hyperlinks(1).Follow
End Sub

Sub MyGoBack()
ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("Goback").Select
ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("Goback").Delete
End Sub

HTH

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