How to Use Bookmarks in Word

Word’s bookmark feature allows you to mark and then return to a specific location in your document. You can use this feature to mark several locations in your document. You can also use bookmarks to specify a certain hyperlink.

Instructions

1. Open the Word document that you will using the Bookmark feature with. Place you cursor on the place in your document that you wish to mark, or select a certain line of text that you wish to mark. If you select more than one block of text, you will be unable to assign a bookmark.

2. Choose "Insert" along the menu bar. Click "Bookmark." Word will open the bookmark dialog box.

3. Type a name into the bookmark name box, and click the "Add" button in the bottom left-hand corner. If you want to move the insertion point to a position marked with a bookmark, access the bookmark dialog box, select the name you chose, and click the "Go to" button in the bottom right-hand corner. Word will immediately move the insertion point to the insertion point to this marked position.