Hey, friends today I will teach you How to Manage Bookmarks in Microsoft Word. so let get started with today Guide. When working with a short document, you can quickly scan through its contents to find the text or item you require. Scanning through a large document to find an item, on the other hand, can be time-consuming. Consider the same scenario when working with a Microsoft Word document.
And, thankfully, it’s a very simple task. today the guide I am going to share with you is the How to Manage Bookmarks in Microsoft Word.
A bookmark saves you the time and effort of scrolling through pages of text by taking you directly to the item you require on the document. Bookmarks in Microsoft Word function similarly to bookmarks in hardcopy texts. You can use them to highlight text, specific locations on a document, and images that you want to go back to. This article will show you how to manage bookmarks in Microsoft Word.
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HOW TO INSERT A BOOKMARK INTO MICROSOFT WORD
Here’s what you should do to add a bookmark to your Word documents:
Step 1: Launch the Word document to which you want to add the bookmarks.
Step 2: Select the location, text, or picture you want to insert the bookmark.
Step 3: On the Ribbon, click on the Insert tab.
Step 4: Within the Links group, click on Bookmark to launch a dialog box.
Step 5: Under the Bookmark name section, input a name.
Step 6: Click on Add to close the window.
The straightforward procedure outlined above creates a bookmark in your document. You can go through the process again and again to add different bookmarks to the document. Other bookmark features to keep in mind when creating one are:
- The name of the bookmark should always begin with a letter.
- Underscores and numbers are permitted in bookmark names.
- Dashes, slashes, spaces, and other special characters are not permitted in your Bookmark name.
HOW TO INSERT LINKS INTO A BOOKMARK ON MICROSOFT WORD
Microsoft Word bookmarks work with hyperlinks as well. You can navigate to a specific section of the document by clicking on them.
Step 1: Launch the Microsoft Word document with an existing bookmark or create one using the steps above.
Step 2: Select the bookmark to which you want to add the link.
NOTE: Bookmarks in a Word document are represented by grey-colored square brackets around the bookmarked item.
Step 3: Right-click on the selected bookmarked item and click on Link. Another way to do this is to press the CTRL + K keys simultaneously on your keyboard.
Step 4: On the Insert Hyperlink dialog box, navigate to the Link to the pane and select Place in This Document.
Step 5: Select the bookmark’s name you want to link inside the box labeled. Select a place in this document.
Step 6: Click on OK.
Step 7: You can add a screen tip to the bookmark that shows up once your mouse pointer hovers over the link. Do this by clicking on ScreenTip then entering the ScreenTip text.
Step 8: Click OK.
You can click the link to take you to your bookmark directly.
HOW TO DELETE A BOOKMARK IN MICROSOFT WORD
If you decide that a bookmark is no longer necessary in your Microsoft Word document, here’s how to delete it:
Step 1: Launch the Word document with the bookmark.
Step 2: On the Ribbon, click on the Insert tab.
Step 3: Within the Links group, click on Bookmark to launch a dialog box.
Step 4: Select the bookmark you need to delete, then click on Delete.
NOTE: Microsoft Word will not show a confirmation message to warn about the deletion. Once you press the delete button, the bookmark gets deleted automatically.
If you need to delete more than one bookmark, repeat the process. It is important to note that the link to a bookmark remains even after the bookmark is deleted. Here’s what you should do if you want to remove the link:
Step 1: Place your cursor on the anchor text and then right-click.
Step 2: Scroll through the menu options and select Remove Hyperlink.
After that, the link to the bookmark will be automatically removed. Keep in mind that you should do this for each bookmark you remove from your document.
IN MICROSOFT WORD, ADDING FOOTNOTES AND ENDNOTES
Footnotes and endnotes, similar to how bookmarks make it easy to jump to a specific location in a Microsoft Word document, make it easy to provide context to a specific item in a document.