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Bookmarks in Microsoft Word

In Microsoft Word, you can place bookmarks anywhere in the document when needed, or delete them if they are of no use anymore. The bookmarks can be assigned to text fragments, graphic objects, paragraphs, etc. Every bookmark has a unique name consisting of several letters and digits.

Inserting a Bookmark in Microsoft Word

To insert a bookmark in Microsoft Word:

1.       Select the text that you want to enclose in a bookmark, or click where you want to insert a bookmark.

2.       On the Insert menu, click Bookmark.

3.       Under Bookmark name, type or select a name. Bookmark names must begin with a letter and may contain numbers. You cannot include spaces in a bookmark name. However, you can use the underscore character to separate words — for example, "First_heading."

4.       Click Add.

Please note that bookmarks are not visible in Microsoft Word by default. To make them visible, use the following steps:

1.       On the Tools menu, select Options...

2.       Select the View tab.

3.       Under Show, check Bookmarks.

Bookmarks are marked with grey square brackets:

Deleting a Bookmark in Microsoft Word

To delete a bookmark in Microsoft Word:

1.       On the Insert menu, click Bookmark.

2.       Click the name of the bookmark you want to delete, and then click Delete.

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.