WD97: "Bookmark Not Defined" When Merging Document That Has TOC (196511)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q196511 SYMPTOMS
When you perform a mail merge to a new document and the main document
contains a table of contents or a table of figures, the following error
message appears, instead of page numbers, when you update the table:
ERROR! Bookmark not defined
Indexes and tables of authorities are not affected by this problem.
This does not happen when you perform the mail merge directly to the
printer.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use any of the following methods.
Method 1
Unlink the table of contents before merging to a new document. This
converts the TOC field to actual text, and the table of contents can no
longer be updated. If you want to update the table of contents, you must
reinsert it.
Follow these steps to unlink the table of contents:
- Place the insertion point within the table of contents.
- Press CTRL+SHIFT+F9.
Method 2
Insert the table of contents after merging to the new document.
Method 3
Merge directly to the printer, instead of merging to a new document.
MORE INFORMATION
The GOTO fields and PAGEREF fields that display the page numbers in the
table of contents remain linked after the merge, but the bookmarks they
refer to are unlinked and are no longer available.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 11/14/2000 |
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| Keywords: | kbmerge kbprb KB196511 |
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