WD: Add Button Unavailable for Insert/Bookmark

ID: Q113127

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1

SYMPTOMS

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

CAUSE

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

MORE INFORMATION

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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 disabled. However, you can programmatically create a hidden bookmark. Although the hidden bookmark will not show in the list of available bookmarks, you can still issue commands that use the bookmark.

Creating a hidden bookmark programmatically will 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 WordBasic macro sample demonstrate how to create a hidden bookmark in Word.

   Sub Main
      EditBookmark .name = "_test"
   End Sub

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Word User's Guide," version 6.0, pages 436-439

Additional query words:

Keywords          : kbusage kbmacroexample winword macword word6 winword2 word7 word95 
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0,7.0a
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: April 9, 1999