A user can access the Bookmark dialog within Microsoft Word to see all bookmarks in use for the particular document.

 

View Available Bookmarks within a File

1.   Open a Microsoft Word document that contains bookmarks,

2.   Access the Insert options,

3.   Click on the Bookmarks button within the Links section and the Bookmarks dialog box should appear,

Figure 12: Bookmark dialog

 

4.   Scroll through the list of bookmarks, by Bookmark name,

5.   Press Cancel or Close to exit the dialog.

 

The items listed within the Bookmark dialog are all bookmark fields in use for the opened document.  Use the features described in the table below to become familiar with them.

 

Bookmark Dialog  Options

Description

Add

Allows for the user to add a bookmark field to the place they are referencing within the document.  Any point within the document can be bookmarked and can contain multiple bookmark references, as well.

Delete

Pressing this button will delete whatever bookmark is being referenced within the Bookmark name field.  NOTE: Deleting the bookmark reference will not remove the actual text that it represents.

Go To

This will take the user to the location of the bookmark within the document.

Sort by

Sorts the bookmark table by either its Name or its Location within the document.  To see the first named bookmark within the document a user would select Location.

Hidden bookmarks

When this option is checked it will display all bookmarks, even those used internally by Microsoft Word. 

 

The Bookmark dialog will be referenced in the following section that covers working with the bookmark fields.