Bookmarks

Tips, Tricks, and Answers

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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.

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.

Deleting a Page
Want to delete the current page? There is no automatic command to perform this task in Word, but you can create your own command with the single-line macro described in this tip.

Determining the Number of Bookmarks Defined in a Document
If you develop a macro that needs to work with bookmarks defined in a document, it is inevitable that you will need a way to determine the number of bookmarks actually existing. Here's how to get that count.

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.

Getting Bookmark Information in VBA
Bookmarks are a handy way to "mark" locations within a document. If you are creating a macro that processes the document in some manner, it may be helpful for your macro to determine if the insertion point is within a macro and, if so, grab information about that bookmark. Here's the techniques you need in order to do this.

Getting the Names of Defined Bookmarks
When creating a macro, you may need to determine the names of the bookmarks in the document. You can do this using the Bookmarks collection, as described in this tip.

Getting the Names of Defined Bookmarks with WordBasic
Want to find out the names of bookmarks? This WordBasic code will do it for you.

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.

Preserving Bookmarks During Replace Operations
When you do a search and replace operation in Word, it is possible that you could inadvertently wipe out a bookmark or two. To avoid this potential problem, apply the concepts in this tip.

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.

Printing a Bookmark List with WordBasic
Need to know what bookmarks you have defined? Use this WordBasic macro to print a list of bookmarks.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Selecting a Bookmark in a Macro
Bookmarks can be very handy in a document. Word provides a VBA command you can use to easily select any of those bookmarks.

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.

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.