A bookmark identifies a location or a selection of text that you name and identify for future reference. For example, you might use a bookmark to identify text that you want to revise at a later time. Instead of scrolling through the document to locate the text, you can go to it by using the Bookmark dialog box.
What do you want to do?
Add a bookmark
- Select the text or item to which you want to assign a bookmark, or click where you want to insert a bookmark.
- On the Insert tab, in the Links group, click Bookmark.
- Under Bookmark name, type or select a name.
Bookmark names must begin with a letter and can contain numbers. You can't include spaces in a bookmark name. However, you can use the underscore character to separate words — for example, "First_Heading."
- Click Add.
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Go to a specific bookmark
- On the Insert tab, in the Links group, click Bookmark.
- Click either Name or Location to sort the list of bookmarks in the document.
- Click the name of the bookmark that you want to go to.
- Click Go To.
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Display the bookmark indicators
If you assign a bookmark to a block of text or to an item, the bookmark will appear in brackets ([…]) on the screen. If you assign a bookmark to a location, the bookmark will appear as an I-beam. The brackets and I-beam are not printed.
- Click the File tab and then click Options.
- Click Advanced, and then select the Show bookmarks check box under Show document content.
- Click OK.
Change a bookmark
To change a bookmarked item, it’s recommended that you first display the bookmark indicators.
You can cut, copy, and paste items that are marked with a bookmark. You can also add text to, and delete text from, marked items.
| If you |
This happens |
| Copy all or part of a marked item to another location in the same document |
The bookmark remains with the original item; the copy is not marked. |
| Copy an entire marked item to another document |
Both documents contain identical items and identical bookmarks. |
| Cut an entire marked item and then paste it in the same document |
The item and the bookmark move to the new location. |
| Delete part of a marked item |
The bookmark stays with the remaining text. |
| Add text between any two characters enclosed in a bookmark |
The addition is included in the bookmark. |
| Click directly after the opening bracket of a bookmark, and then add text or graphics to the item |
The addition is included in the bookmark. |
| Click directly after the ending bracket of a bookmark, and then add to the item |
The addition is not included in the bookmark. |
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Delete a bookmark
- On the Insert tab, in the Links group, click Bookmark.
- Click either Name or Location to sort the list of bookmarks in the document.
- Click the name of the bookmark you want to delete.
- Click Delete.
Note To delete both the bookmark and the bookmarked item (such as a block of text or other element), select the item, and then press DELETE.
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