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.

You can also add cross-references to bookmarks. For example, after you insert a bookmark in a document, you can refer to that bookmark from other places in the text by creating cross-references to the bookmark.

• Add a bookmark

• Change a bookmark

• Go to a specific bookmark

• Delete a bookmark

Add a bookmark

1. Select the text or item to which you want to assign a bookmark, or click where you want to insert a bookmark.
2. On the Insert tab, in the Links group, click Bookmark.
3. 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."

4. Click Add.

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Change a bookmark

When you add a bookmark to a block of text, Microsoft Office Word surrounds the text with square brackets. When you change a bookmarked item, make sure that you change the text or graphics inside the brackets.

Display bookmark brackets

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , and then click Word Options.
2. Click Advanced, and then select the Show bookmarks check box under Show document content.
3. Click OK.

If you assign a bookmark to an item, the bookmark appears in brackets ([…]) on the screen. If you assign a bookmark to a location, the bookmark appears as an I-beam. The brackets are not printed.

Bookmark changes that you can make

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.

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Go to a specific bookmark

1. On the Insert tab, in the Links group, click Bookmark.
2. Click either Name or Location to sort the list of bookmarks in the document.
3. Click the name of the bookmark that you want to go to.
4. Click Go To.

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Delete a bookmark

1. On the Insert tab, in the Links group, click Bookmark.
2. Click the name of the bookmark you want to delete, and then 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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