How to Add a Bookmark in Microsoft Word

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Microsoft Word's Bookmark feature lets you quickly find passages in long documents without having to scroll through large blocks of text or use the Find feature with words that may be interspersed in many places in the overall text. This feature can be useful when editing a passage that requires you to look at other places in the document to ensure text consistency. Following are instructions in how to add a bookmark in Microsoft Word 2003, 2007, and 2010, as well as how to show bookmark brackets , go to a bookmark , cross-reference a bookmark , and delete a bookmark .

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Adding a Bookmark

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  1. You can either highlight a block of text or click to place your cursor at the start of a paragraph.
  2. This displays the Bookmark dialog box.
    • In Word 2003, select "Bookmark" from the Insert menu.
    • In Word 2007 and 2010, select "Bookmark" from the Links group in the Insert menu ribbon.
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  3. Bookmark names have to begin with a letter, but they may contain numbers. Spaces aren't allowed, but you can separate words with an underscore (_), as in "Heading_1."
  4. This creates your bookmark.
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Show Bookmark Brackets in Text

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  1. The method for doing this differs according to your version of Word.
    • In Word 2003, select "Options" from the Tools menu, then click the View tab.
    • In Word 2007, click the "Microsoft Office" button in the upper left to display the File menu, then click "Word Options."
    • In Word 2010, click the File tab and select "Options" from the File menu on the left side of the File page.
  4. Click "OK" to close the Word Options dialog. Any text within the bookmarked section will be surrounded by brackets; if there is no text within the bookmark, it instead appears as an I-beam. Neither the brackets nor the I-beam print.
    • Text within a bookmark can be edited the same as text outside the bookmark. If you cut or copy a portion of the bookmarked text to a new location, the moved text is not bookmarked. If you add to the text within the bookmark brackets, the new text becomes part of the bookmarked text; if you delete part of the text inside the bookmark brackets, the bookmark remains with the remaining text. If you cut and paste an entire bookmarked item, including the bookmark itself, to a new location in the same document, the bookmark moves with the moved text; if you do not include the bookmark, it remains where it is in the document. If you copy a bookmarked item to another document, including the bookmark brackets, both the original and the new document will have bookmarks. For this reason, it's a good idea to display any bookmarks before editing your text to make sure the bookmarks end up where you want them to end up when you're done editing.
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Method 3
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Go To a Specific Bookmark

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    • In Word 2003, select "Bookmark" from the Insert menu.
    • In Word 2007 and 2010, select "Bookmark" from the Links group on the Insert menu ribbon.
  2. options. Select "Name" to sort the bookmarks alphabetically by name or "Location" to sort them by their location in the document.
    • To display hidden bookmarks in the list, check the "Hidden bookmarks" box.
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Cross-Referencing a Bookmark

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  1. You set up a cross reference in the Cross-reference dialog box. To access it, do the following for your version of Word:
    • In Word 2003, select "Reference" from the Insert menu and then select "Cross-Reference."
    • In Word 2007 and 2010, select "Cross-Reference" from the Links group on the Insert menu ribbon.
  2. field.
  3. field. In most cases, you'll use the "Bookmark text" option.
  4. list. A cross-reference will be created to your bookmark. The cross-reference will take the form of a hyperlink in the document, unless you uncheck the "Insert as hyperlink" box.
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Deleting a Bookmark

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  3. Your bookmark is deleted. Any text associated with the bookmark remains, however.
    • To delete book the bookmark and its associated text, select the item and press the "Delete" key on your keyboard. To make sure the bookmark is also deleted, follow the instructions under "Show Bookmark Brackets in Text."
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    How do I bookmark a picture?
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    Open Word, go to the picture or the content you wan't to bookmark, and click it/edit it. Go up to the magnifying glass, just under the name of the document on top of Word. Search "bookmark", click on Insert a Bookmark, give the bookmark a name, click Add, and OK.
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      1. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/add-or-delete-bookmarks-HP001226532.aspx
      2. Rodney Ruff, Omaha, NE; Microsoft Word user (Word 2007 on laptop, Word 2010 on desktop)

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