Article ID: 179341
Article Last Modified on 1/22/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q179341
SYMPTOMS
When you use an On Exit macro for a form field to go to a bookmark in an unprotected section of the document, the insertion point goes to the beginning of the section, not the bookmark location.
WORKAROUND
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For more information about how to use the sample code in this article, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
173707 OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles
To work around this, add an additional text box after the form field that you want to cause the jump to your bookmark location. With that text box, assign either of the following Word Visual Basic for Applications procedures as an On Entry procedure
Sub WorkingGoto()
ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("bookmarkname").Select
End Sub
-or-
Sub WorkingGoto()
Selection.Goto What:=wdGotoBookmark, Name:="bookmarkname"
End Sub
where "bookmarkname" is the name of the bookmark in the unprotected section of your Word document.
To make the added text form field less visible, set the maximum length to 1, and then remove the bookmark name in the Text Form Field Options dialog box.
NOTE: These code samples do not work in an On Exit macro when the bookmark is in the unprotected section of the document. If the bookmark is for another form field, the code works as an On Exit macro.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
REFERENCES
For additional information about available resources for creating custom solutions by using Visual Basic for Applications, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
163425 WD97: Macro Programming Resources
163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications
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