Bookmarks in Word let you name text and mark positions in your files so you can more easily navigate long documents. Think of bookmarks in Word as bookmarks that you place in books to mark their place.
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Just like in a real book, Word enables you to move a bookmark to another location in the document. Moving an existing bookmark in Word can also consider reusing that bookmark.
In our example, we have a marker defined for the text that is shown in parentheses in the image below. We want to reuse that bookmark name and move it to another location. Then, we select the text where we want to move that marker and then we click on the tab “Insert”.
NOTE: You can also create a bookmark without choosing text. Just place the cursor where you want to place the marker.
In the Links section of the Insert tab, Click the button “Links” and then click “Mark”.
NOTE: If your Word window is wide enough, you can directly click on “Marker” in the Links section.
In the Bookmark dialog box, select the bookmark name you want to move or reuse and click “Add”.
The bookmark is moved to the newly selected text or to the new position in the document. The bookmark name has been reused in a different place in the document.
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Click on “Add” to reuse or move a marker can be misleading. Actually, you are not adding a new bookmark. Word recognizes the name of the existing bookmark and redefines it to point to the newly selected text or the new position in the document.
You can also rename your bookmarks after you have created them with a free plugin.
