I have a pretty big problem. I use Word 2007 on Vista. I allow automatic
updates and am up-to-date on all updates (according to the automatic updates
page).

I am writing a 400-page book with 12 chapters, all in one 7KB file. I have a
lot of internal cross-references. I use pre-defined heading styles and I only
xref to headings. I use the Insert Cross-Reference dialog to create all my
xrefs.

My cross-references seem fine, but then for no reason that I can see, some
of them will become “corrupted”, by which I mean: when the heading text is
updated (with F9 or when it is done automatically) a bunch of text will be
inserted into the middle of the heading text. Sometimes several paragraphs is
inserted. If I click on the affected section, all of the new section is
shadowed in a darker color as if it’s a link.

The text that gets inserted seems to always be something that I had cut and
pasted in the past. I will get the same text inserted for a while, and then
another chunk of text (that also happened to be on my clipboard) will start
to get inserted. However, the text that is inserted isn’t currently in my
clipboard – just some text that I copied or cut a couple of days earlier.

This started a couple of months ago. At first I was unable to delete the
text that was stuck in the heading text; then I could remove it with
difficulty; now I can delete it easily. However, while it makes the text
nonsensical it is difficult to detect unless I re-edit the entire book, and
it is happening on a regular basis.

Can you help? Is this a known bug? It is making my book fairly unusable.

Hi RE Haworth,

Your description, especially regarding the cutting & pasting, suggests that maybe you're pasting the material into the document at
the end of a heading line and before the heading paragraph mark. That would certainly be enough to 'corrupt' the heading bookmark by
extending it to include the pasted material.

Once you've 'corrupted' a heading bookmark in this way, the simplest fix is to delete the existing cross-reference and insert a new
one.

--
Cheers
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]


"RE Haworth" <RE Haworth@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3E07ECCE-F347-4169-A1C7-5EF36BC65BA3@microsoft.com...
>I have a pretty big problem. I use Word 2007 on Vista. I allow automatic
> updates and am up-to-date on all updates (according to the automatic updates
> page).
>
> I am writing a 400-page book with 12 chapters, all in one 7KB file. I have a
> lot of internal cross-references. I use pre-defined heading styles and I only
> xref to headings. I use the Insert Cross-Reference dialog to create all my
> xrefs.
>
> My cross-references seem fine, but then for no reason that I can see, some
> of them will become “corrupted”, by which I mean: when the heading text is
> updated (with F9 or when it is done automatically) a bunch of text will be
> inserted into the middle of the heading text. Sometimes several paragraphs is
> inserted. If I click on the affected section, all of the new section is
> shadowed in a darker color as if it’s a link.
>
> The text that gets inserted seems to always be something that I had cut and
> pasted in the past. I will get the same text inserted for a while, and then
> another chunk of text (that also happened to be on my clipboard) will start
> to get inserted. However, the text that is inserted isn’t currently in my
> clipboard – just some text that I copied or cut a couple of days earlier.
>
> This started a couple of months ago. At first I was unable to delete the
> text that was stuck in the heading text; then I could remove it with
> difficulty; now I can delete it easily. However, while it makes the text
> nonsensical it is difficult to detect unless I re-edit the entire book, and
> it is happening on a regular basis.
>
> Can you help? Is this a known bug? It is making my book fairly unusable.

Hi macropod,

Thanks for the reply, but no, that's not it. I reveal all markers so I can
make sure that I don't do things like that. Also, most if not all of the
corrupted xrefs are in the middle of paragraphs or right before another
paragraph.

Hi RE Haworth,

It doesn't matter where the xrefs are. What matters is what's happened to the bookmarks they refer to.

--
Cheers
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]


"RE Haworth" <REHaworth@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:AFED0CD2-40D1-4B4E-9FB0-B7B0A5DF4C18@microsoft.com...
> Hi macropod,
>
> Thanks for the reply, but no, that's not it. I reveal all markers so I can
> make sure that I don't do things like that. Also, most if not all of the
> corrupted xrefs are in the middle of paragraphs or right before another
> paragraph.
>
>

Hi again,

I don't see how I could be doing this as I don't cut and paste headings. In
fact I haven't made a lot of changes to headings in recent months. However
I'll keep your comments in mind and see if I am somehow corrupting the
headings.

Thanks very much! If you have any further thoughts, please let me know.

Ruth

"macropod" wrote:

> Hi RE Haworth,
>
> It doesn't matter where the xrefs are. What matters is what's happened to the bookmarks they refer to.
>
> --
> Cheers
> macropod
> [MVP - Microsoft Word]
>
>
> "RE Haworth" <REHaworth@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:AFED0CD2-40D1-4B4E-9FB0-B7B0A5DF4C18@microsoft.com...
> > Hi macropod,
> >
> > Thanks for the reply, but no, that's not it. I reveal all markers so I can
> > make sure that I don't do things like that. Also, most if not all of the
> > corrupted xrefs are in the middle of paragraphs or right before another
> > paragraph.
> >
> >
>

Hi RE Haworth,

It's not about cutting & pasting heading, per se, but about pasting something into the document at either end of a heading - that's
where the heading bookmark boundaries are.

--
Cheers
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]


"RE Haworth" <REHaworth@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:947A10FF-2A9B-4D37-8A54-245F2D200215@microsoft.com...
> Hi again,
>
> I don't see how I could be doing this as I don't cut and paste headings. In
> fact I haven't made a lot of changes to headings in recent months. However
> I'll keep your comments in mind and see if I am somehow corrupting the
> headings.
>
> Thanks very much! If you have any further thoughts, please let me know.
>
> Ruth
>
> "macropod" wrote:
>
>> Hi RE Haworth,
>>
>> It doesn't matter where the xrefs are. What matters is what's happened to the bookmarks they refer to.
>>
>> --
>> Cheers
>> macropod
>> [MVP - Microsoft Word]
>>
>>
>> "RE Haworth" <REHaworth@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:AFED0CD2-40D1-4B4E-9FB0-B7B0A5DF4C18@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi macropod,
>> >
>> > Thanks for the reply, but no, that's not it. I reveal all markers so I can
>> > make sure that I don't do things like that. Also, most if not all of the
>> > corrupted xrefs are in the middle of paragraphs or right before another
>> > paragraph.
>> >
>> >
>>

I am also having problems with bookmarks. I have sent several messages to
Microsoft regarding the problem with WORD 2007. I wonder why I am using it.
I just lost over 100 bookmarks in a large document. WHY??? I think it is
because the document was reformatted. I moved the margin 5 spaces and lost
all of my bookmarks that were in those pages. You would think Microsoft
would be aware of this and take care of it. It seems that this is a simple
action that people do everyday especially when ready to print or finalize the
document. but the consequences can be a disaster.

"macropod" wrote:

> Hi RE Haworth,
>
> It doesn't matter where the xrefs are. What matters is what's happened to the bookmarks they refer to.
>
> --
> Cheers
> macropod
> [MVP - Microsoft Word]
>
>
> "RE Haworth" <REHaworth@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:AFED0CD2-40D1-4B4E-9FB0-B7B0A5DF4C18@microsoft.com...
> > Hi macropod,
> >
> > Thanks for the reply, but no, that's not it. I reveal all markers so I can
> > make sure that I don't do things like that. Also, most if not all of the
> > corrupted xrefs are in the middle of paragraphs or right before another
> > paragraph.
> >
> >
>

Hi Shirley,

It's very easy to mess up your bookmarks if you don't have their boundaries displayed (see under Word Options).

--
Cheers
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]


"Shirley145" <Shirley145@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B77EC347-D205-4738-A4F3-805202918515@microsoft.com...
>I am also having problems with bookmarks. I have sent several messages to
> Microsoft regarding the problem with WORD 2007. I wonder why I am using it.
> I just lost over 100 bookmarks in a large document. WHY??? I think it is
> because the document was reformatted. I moved the margin 5 spaces and lost
> all of my bookmarks that were in those pages. You would think Microsoft
> would be aware of this and take care of it. It seems that this is a simple
> action that people do everyday especially when ready to print or finalize the
> document. but the consequences can be a disaster.
>
> "macropod" wrote:
>
>> Hi RE Haworth,
>>
>> It doesn't matter where the xrefs are. What matters is what's happened to the bookmarks they refer to.
>>
>> --
>> Cheers
>> macropod
>> [MVP - Microsoft Word]
>>
>>
>> "RE Haworth" <REHaworth@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:AFED0CD2-40D1-4B4E-9FB0-B7B0A5DF4C18@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi macropod,
>> >
>> > Thanks for the reply, but no, that's not it. I reveal all markers so I can
>> > make sure that I don't do things like that. Also, most if not all of the
>> > corrupted xrefs are in the middle of paragraphs or right before another
>> > paragraph.
>> >
>> >
>>