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Q233977: WD97: Cannot Go to Bookmark in Unprotected Section of Document

Article: Q233977
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbdta word8 kbwordvba word97
Last Modified: 13-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you create a macro that runs on exit from a form field, and the following
conditions are all true:

- Your forms document contains an unprotected section.

- You have set a bookmark in the unprotected section of the forms document.

- The macro uses a command or set of commands to go to the bookmark in the
  unprotected section of the forms document.

The insertion point does not go to the bookmark you set in the unprotected
section of your document.


WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem, you can use the Visual Basic for Applications OnTime
method.

The following example Visual Basic for Applications macros demonstrate this
workaround:

This workaround requires two macros. The first macro, OnExitMacro, runs the
OnTime method, which calls the second macro, GotoBookMark. The GotoBookMark
macro moves the insertion point to the bookmarked location in the unprotected
section of the forms document.

  Sub OnExitMacro()
     Application.OnTime When:=Now + TimeValue("00:00:01"), _
        Name:="GotoBookMark"
  End Sub

  Sub GotoBookMark()
     Selection.GoTo wdGoToBookmark, Name:="<Replace with Your Bookmark Name>"
     System.Cursor = wdCursorNormal ' Changes cursor from
                                    ' hourglass to normal cursor
  End Sub

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: vba

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Keywords          : kbdta word8 kbwordvba word97 
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

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