How to Add Hyperlinks and Bookmarks in Word Documents

Adding hyperlinks and bookmarks in a Word document is not just about linking webpages through the same document. Hyperlinks can be used to jump back and forth between text information or any document objects such as images, video, and sound. Your document will be more interesting to read with hyperlinks. Here’s how to add hyperlinks and bookmarks in Word.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Computer running Windows
• Microsoft Word
• A sample document with lots of text to practice on

1. Open Microsoft Word. Word 2000 was used in this example but the instructions for other versions are similar.

2. Open up a sample document to practice adding bookmarks and hyperlinks.

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   Linking requires two pieces of information. In this example, highlight the word you want to link with a definition in the document. Go to the Word Main Menu and Click on Insert and Select Bookmark.

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   In the Bookmark window, give the bookmark a name. To make the work simple, name the bookmark the same as the word or words you have highlighted.

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   On the information that you want to link to, highlight the word or words to be associated with the bookmark and do a right click with the mouse. Select Hyperlink.

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   In the Insert Hyperlink window, left side, make sure the "Link to:" selection is "Place in this document". On the right, select the bookmark you want the definition to link to.

7. A one way link is created. To create the reverse link, repeat the process the other way.

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   Highlight (without clicking) the hyperlinked word and create a bookmark for that hyperlink.

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   Give the bookmark a name. If the name is already taken, add a number like "2" to show that it is the link going the other way.

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    Go the original bookmark and create a hyperlink to it. Just highlight the word and do a rightclick to select Hyperlink in the menu.

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    In the Insert Hyperlink window, In the Insert Hyperlink window, left side, make sure the "Link to:" selection is "Place in this document". On the right, select the bookmark that links back (in this example, the bookmark with the "2" at end).

12. Test the links by clicking to see if links jump forwards and backwards.

[justinhi]

on 10/8/2009 Great article.5*