Bookmarks
Bookmarks in Microsoft Word function the same way they do on a web page—as links to marked places in the document. Use bookmarks as a means of organizing and navigating longer documents. Simply click the link for a bookmark to jump to the linked-to location.
To insert a bookmark:
- Position your insertion point where you want to insert the bookmark. Alternatively, you can select text or an object that you want to bookmark.
- Open the Insert menu and select Bookmark.
- Enter a name for the bookmark. The name must begin with a letter and cannot include any spaces, though you can use underscores (_).
- Click the Add button.
To delete a bookmark:
- Open the Insert menu and select Bookmark.
- In the Bookmark dialog box, highlight the bookmark and click the Delete button.
Use Bookmarks
To display the bookmarks in your document:
- Open the Tools menu and select Options.
The Options dialog opens.
- Click the View tab.
- Under Show, select Bookmarks.
- Click OK.
Bookmarks are displayed as I-beams in the document. Bookmarked text appears in brackets.
To navigate to a bookmark in your document:
- Open the Insert menu and select Bookmark.
- In the Bookmark dialog, highlight the bookmark you want to go to and click Go To.
Tip:
You can also navigate to a bookmark using the Find dialog: Press Ctrl + g (or simply F5) on your keyboard to open the dialog to the Go To tab. Select Bookmark from the list. Then select the name of the bookmark from the drop-down menu and click Go To.
Organize Bookmarks
Word displays a list of the bookmarks in your document in the Bookmark dialog. When a document includes a number of bookmarks, you can sort them by name or location, making it easier to find a specific bookmark when navigating:
- Open the Insert menu and select Bookmark.
- In the Bookmark dialog, choose Sort by Name or Location.
Sorting the list by name arranges the bookmarks in alphabetical order. Sorting by location arranges the bookmarks in the order in which they appear in the document.
