Microsoft KB Archive/201945

= The Add button is unavailable in the Bookmark dialog box =

Article ID: 201945

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Word 2003
 * Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q201945



This article is a consolidation of the following previously available article: 181534



SYMPTOMS
When you type a name that begins with the underscore (or other invalid) character in the Bookmark dialog box, the Add button is unavailable.

NOTE: To get to the Bookmark dialog box, click Bookmark on the Insert menu.



CAUSE
A bookmark name cannot begin with a number and cannot contain nonalphanumeric characters.



WORKAROUND
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In Microsoft Word, you can create hidden bookmarks by beginning the bookmark name with an underscore character ("_"). However, when you begin a bookmark name using the underscore character ("_") while in the Bookmark dialog box, the Add button remains unavailable (dimmed). However, you can programmatically create a hidden bookmark. Although the hidden bookmark does not show in the list of available bookmarks, you can still issue commands that use the bookmark.

Creating a hidden bookmark programmatically does not display an error message that the bookmark name is invalid.

NOTE: Beginning in Word 97 for Windows and Word 98 Macintosh Edition, you can view hidden bookmarks by selecting the Hidden Bookmarks check box in the Bookmark dialog box.

The following sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) demonstrates how to create a hidden bookmark in Word.

Sub CreateHiddenBookMark

Dim bmark As String

' Input box to request bookmark name. bmark = InputBox("Type a bookmark name preceded by an underscore")

' Add the bookmark name. ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Add (bmark)

End Sub

