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How to Show Bookmarks

Learn how to make bookmarks visible to prevent deleting them accidentally.

Sometimes you delete a bookmark while navigating among the different parts of the document because you can’t see bookmarks. To make bookmarks visible, click File tab and choose Options. The “Word Options” dialog box appears, click the Advanced from the left pane, check the Bookmarks box from the right pane under the “Show document content” heading, and click the OK button:

File > Options > Advanced

Bookmarks that have contents appear with brackets around them. Bookmarks that are just points appear as heavy I-beams.

Bookmarks that have contents appear with brackets around them. Bookmarks that are just points appear as heavy I-beams.