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I have a document with a large glossary in Word 2010 which I would like to link to when those terms are referenced in the document. However, it's time consuming and repetitive to create a bookmark for each glossary term. Is there a way to create the bookmarks automatically or en masse?

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  • @CharlieRB Doing it manually, and searching Google.
    – C. Ross
    Apr 11, 2013 at 19:40
  • How are you linking them? Does every instance of each word throughout the document need to be linked? Are you comfortable with VBA?
    – CharlieRB
    Apr 11, 2013 at 19:48
  • @CharlieRB I can link them manually, I don't mind that, and yes I know VBA, but mainly for Access and Excel.
    – C. Ross
    Apr 11, 2013 at 20:37
  • You don't want to generate bookmarks for every word, rather bookmark each word in the glossary, then using VBA to create a link to the that bookmark at each instance of the word throughout the document. I will post an answer if I can get it to do what I am thinking.
    – CharlieRB
    Apr 12, 2013 at 11:33

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Don't know why I didn't think of this before. This is a simple solution using Find & Replace which I think will work for you.

  1. Highlight the word in the glossary.
  2. Create a bookmark for that word.
  3. With the bookmarked word highlighted, press Ctrl + c.
  4. Open the Find & Replace window (Ctrl + h)
  5. For the Find what: if it's not already populated, add the word.
  6. For the Replace with: type ^c.
  7. Click Find Next so it will find the first instance of the word. If it asks to start at the beginning of the document select Yes.
  8. For each instance of the word, choose to replace it. (If you choose to use Replace All, keep in mind it will create a link if it find the word as part of another word.)
  9. Repeat this process for each word in the glossary.
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  • It's creating the link I'd like to automate ...
    – C. Ross
    Apr 12, 2013 at 14:32
  • Sorry, I misunderstood because I don't see know how any macro or VBA would know what word to create a bookmark with. So, I thought you meant automate linking to them.
    – CharlieRB
    Apr 12, 2013 at 15:33

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