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It sounds as though Word is trying to open the PDF within Word instead of launching it in Reader. If you have a full version of Acrobat, could you print the Word file to PDF and then add the links to the other PDF? Wendy Boualem wrote: > PDF-Basics is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com/ > __________________________________________________________________ > > I don't think I quite understand your process. Here was my > interpretation.... > > 1. Ensure the page in the pdf I want to link to is bookmarked. > 2. Go into the Word file and highlight the text that needs to have a > link. > 3. Go to insert hyperlink and browse for the pdf file. Then go to the > "bookmark" button. > > This is where everything goes wrong. When I click on the bookmark > button, I get the following error: "Microsoft Word could not open this > file or could not parse a file of this type." I don't think that Word > recognizes the bookmarks contained within a pdf. Pauline, could you > tell me step by step what you did to make this work. > > Thanks so much everyone, > Wendy > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/06/03 15:10 PM >>> > > PDF-Basics is a service provided by PDFzone.com | > http://www.pdfzone.com/ > __________________________________________________________________ > > If you bookmark the page you want the link to open from MS Word, create > a bookmark for that page in the PDF then use the "create hyperlink" > feature in MS Word which has two options...one for the address to the > document, and a second one that actually does open a specified bookmark > in the PDF document. I tried it before I wrote this to make sure. > > Good luck. > > Pauline Easter > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wendy Boualem [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 2:07 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PDF-Basics] Inserting Links in MS Word > > PDF-Basics is a service provided by PDFzone.com | > http://www.pdfzone.com/ > __________________________________________________________________ > > Excellent suggestion, but unfortunately it is required by our contract > with the U.S. Coast Guard that the document be a PDF. HTML would be my > preference as you suggested, but no can do. > > Thanks, > Wendy > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/06/03 13:53 PM >>> > > PDF-Basics is a service provided by PDFzone.com | > http://www.pdfzone.com/ > __________________________________________________________________ > > Is there a reason why you need to keep it in PDF? You might find it > easier to export the file as HTML, and then place bookmarks on the pages > to which you want your DOC to link. > > Wendy Boualem wrote: > > > PDF-Basics is a service provided by PDFzone.com | > http://www.pdfzone.com/ > > __________________________________________________________________ > > > > Julian, > > > > Thank you for replying, but I don't think this is exactly what I want > to > > do. Following your steps, this simply inserts a link to another page > in > > the document I am currently in. What I want to happen is, the user > > clicks on a hyperlink within their MS Word file, and it opens up a > pdf. > > This is very simple to implement...but the problem is, I need to link > to > > this same pdf several times throughout my Word document, and I want it > > > to open to a different page each time. I'm not sure how to make it > open > > to a certain page other than page 1. Anyone have any ideas? > > > > Thanks, > > Wendy > > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/06/03 10:45 AM >>> > > > > PDF-Basics is a service provided by PDFzone.com | > > http://www.pdfzone.com/ > > __________________________________________________________________ > > > > Word 2002 - hyperlinks are easily created to headings such as heading > 1, > > heading 2, etc. These are automatically setup as bookmarks within the > > document. To create the link, select the link text, right click on it > > and select Hyperlink. From the Hyperlink dialog box, choose from the > > left, Place > > in this document and in the main window, you will see a list of the > > bookmarks (headings). Select the heading from the list, then OK. > > > > You may be able to create bookmarks too and have them show up but for > > the work I do, headings are what I use. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > Julian Rickards > > Digital Publications Distribution Coordinator > > Publications Services Section > > Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines > > Phone: (705) 670-5608 > > Fax: (705) 670-5690 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > Does anyone know a way to insert a hyperlink into MS Word that will > > > open a pdf to a particular page? 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