the word 2002 document worked happily in win 7.
in win10 there is the well known problem.

it is a 30 year documnet. at the top of page one are the years, 2000, 2001 etc.

before i could ctrl click on a date say 2001 and it would go to the text in the page relating to that year.

as win 10 wont allow that. what is the workaround?


thanks all

If those are in a Table of Contents, try updating the TOC.
If not, why not? A table of contents gives you clickable links and could be set to reflect those headings.

Generating a Table of Contents

That idea has potential.
am using word 2002. there seems to me a 9 limit
intructions say to click the outline level in the toolbar.
still looking for it~
thanks

UPDATE: i realise i only need one level.
i suspect i may have marked one year as part of thr contents.
how do i tell word where to go when i click it?
any special way to click it?
thanks for your patience!

If you apply the Heading 1 style (which you can modify) to your years at the top of the page, they will automatically appear in a Table of Contents.

If not using a TOC, which is the easiest method, ...
Select each year and add a Bookmark with the appropriate name (must start with a letter, not a number, in the name, so could use y2009 as a name but not 2009). Then on your title page or index page, insert a hyperlink or cross-reference to the appropriate bookmark.

thanks.
nothing worked.
i will leave it for the moment.

OK. Here is another link about How to create a table of contents in Microsoft Word by Shauna Kelly.

Thanks but how do i tell word where the link is supposed to go?
If i click on 2019, how does it know to go to the text about 2019 several pages away?
You may also want to look at Why Use Word's Built-In Heading Styles? by Shauna Kelly.

If you format the paragraph containing 2019 in Heading Style 1, 2019 will appear in the TOC. When the TOC is formed, Word will create a hidden "bookmark" for that location and the line in the TOC will act as a hyperlink to the text later in the document.

how will it know where to find the correct text?
thanks for your help

Try it!

Please read the pages I linked.

This is built into every version of Word since, at least, Word 97.

Thanks for your help

attached is a doc file.
please make it work your way.
i still dont get how it works

thanks

Attached Files

contents way.doc (49.5 KB, 6 views)

Here it is. 6 minutes.

The table of contents is configured without page numbers and is in a section with five columns.

I set the years in heading 1 style.

I generated a table of contents and set it to not have page numbers. The numbers appear. Ctrl+Click takes you to them.

Attached Files

deleteme contents way.doc (42.0 KB, 6 views)

thanks
sadly i do not know how to get it to work in windows 10

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What were you trying to do when you got this error message?
What, exactly, were you doing.
My example was produced in Windows 10.