Bookmarked chunks (was Re: Word in 2010)

Ned Bedinger doc at edwordsmith.com
Thu May 10 11:02:23 MDT 2007


Yves JEAUROND wrote:
> Not much off-topic :-)
>   There is a related, much frustrating, problem about 
> the invisible bookmarks used by Word to build TOCs from
>  Headings, especially in large docs. After updating a TOC regularly,
>  invisible bookmarks "pile up" at the headings and will eventually
>  crash Word.
>   

I wonder what this is about?  I know that automatically updated fields, 
even the traditional ones like TOC and page numbering, can eventually 
boggle Word when change tracking is left on.  Is that what's going on here?

>    
>     
>       Application.ActiveDocument.UndoClear
>   

Doesn't this method put the deleted _Toc item back into the document? 
 

Rusty and confused,

Ned Bedinger
doc at edwordsmith.com




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