Creating links to Word for Mac document headings from other apps?

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I am being forced to use ms word for mac to collaborate in a project. I usually use Bear Markdown Notes, and I am used to using deep links to Bear Note headings (aka headers) in documents from other apps. From what I understand, this is not possible in ms word for mac and I was wondering if there is a workaround.

thanks in advance for your time and help

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Perhaps Hookmark is what you’re looking for?

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I used Hookmark quite a lot, backtracked and re-converted all my links. I don’t like the idea of proprietary links and don’t like the way the developers handled issues , but that ‘s just me. I know that many people use Hookmark. thank you for your reply.

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I found the answer using an AppleScript

tell application "Microsoft Word"
	activate
	
	-- Specify the full path to your document
	set docPath to POSIX file "/Users/YourName/Documents/YourDocument.docx"
	open docPath
	
	tell active document
		-- Replace "YourBookmarkName" with the actual name of your bookmark
		set targetBookmark to "YourBookmarkName"
		
		if (exists bookmark targetBookmark) then
			-- Create a range based on the bookmark's start and end points
			set bmRange to create range start (start of bookmark of bookmark targetBookmark) ¬
				end (end of bookmark of bookmark targetBookmark)
			
			-- Move the cursor to the bookmark and select it
			select bmRange
		else
			display dialog "Bookmark '" & targetBookmark & "' not found."
		end if
	end tell
end tell