Topic: Bookmarks

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Changing Bookmark Colors When using Word in the "white on blue" (bluescreen) mode, viewing bookmarks on-screen can be challenging. This tip discusses some ways to correct the problem. Microsoft Word versions: 6 | 95 | 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Deleting a Bookmark If you no longer need a previously defined bookmark, it is best to simply delete it. This tip explains how you can get rid of those unwanted bookmarks. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Deleting a Page Here’s a quick little macro that you can use to dispose of entire pages. Assign it to a button or shortcut, and you have a powerful way to get rid of document pages you no longer need. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Determining the Number of Bookmarks Defined in a Document Bookmarks can come in handy in a macro, if you can figure out how many there are. This VBA code does the trick. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Determining the Number of Bookmarks Defined in a Document with WordBasic Bookmarks can come in handy in a macro, if you can figure out how many there are. This WordBasic code does the trick. Microsoft Word versions: 6 | 95

Getting the Names of Defined Bookmarks Want to find out the names of bookmarks? This VBA code will do it for you. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Getting the Names of Defined Bookmarks with WordBasic Want to find out the names of bookmarks? This WordBasic code will do it for you. Microsoft Word versions: 6 | 95

Making Bookmarks Bold Do you want an easy way to see all the bookmarks in your document? Word provides a way to make them visible, or you can use the macro in this tip to make them all bold. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

Preserving Bookmarks During Replace Operations Without an understanding of how bookmarks work, it is easy to wipe them all out by doing a replace operation. Microsoft Word versions: 6 | 95 | 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Printing a Bookmark List You can define and use bookmarks to reference all sorts of text and text positions within a document. If, at some point, you want to print a list of the bookmarks you’ve created, you’ll be interested in the macro in this tip. It provides a very simple way to create a list and then print it. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

Printing a Bookmark List with WordBasic Need to know what bookmarks you have defined? Use this WordBasic macro to print a list of bookmarks. Microsoft Word versions: 6 | 95

Protecting Bookmarks Bookmarks are helpful in marking places in documents that you want to later recall. Bookmarks can become the focal point of other fields or macros, and you may not want them deleted. Word doesn’t proved a way to protect bookmarks from deletion, but with a little ingenuity you can come up with a workaround or two. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Random OLE Bookmarks Word has an irritating habit of placing unwanted bookmarks in a document that you’ve been editing for a while. These bookmarks, which use the naming pattern OLE_LINK##, don’t hurt anything, but they tend to clutter up a document after time. This tip explains how those bookmarks get in your document and how you can get rid of them. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Removing All Bookmarks Got a file that has a bunch of bookmarks you no longer need? Removing them manually can quickly get tiresome. This tip includes a short macro you can use to remove the bookmarks very, very quickly. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Reusing a Bookmark Bookmarks are a handy way to assign names to text or positions in a document. Bookmarks can be reused, as described in this tip. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Seeing Where Bookmarks Are Bookmarks are handy to use for a variety of purposes in Word. Recognizing where bookmarks are located in a document can be a challenge, unless you use the information in this tip to visually display all your bookmarks. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Selecting a Bookmark in a Macro If you want to select the text represented by a macro, here's how to do it in VBA. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Setting a VBA Variable From a Bookmark Bookmarks are a great way to mark a memorable place in a document. When processing a document using macro, you may want to assign some bookmarked text to a variable. This tip explains how to retrieve the desired bookmark information. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Understanding and Using Bookmarks Bookmarks allow you to remember special places within a document, and then easily jump to those locations. This tip explains in more detail what bookmarks are and how you can add them to your documents. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

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