Bookmarking your document

When you create a cross-reference in a Word document, you can choose a number of different “hooks” to link that reference to. Headings, tables and numbered items might be the most popular such hooks.

Sometimes, though, hooks aren’t precisely where you want them to be, so you need to place your own hook where you want it. When this happens, Word’s bookmarks fit the bill perfectly.

Let’s say you want to reference a specific image that sits in a long, fairly unbroken series of paragraphs with the text “see image on page XX.” To get the right number for XX, you need to place a bookmark on the image. Here’s how you do that.

1. Go to the page that contains the image.
2. Click the image.
3. From the Insert menu, choose Bookmark. If your version of Word doesn’t offer menus, refer to Word online help for instructions on using this feature.
   The Bookmark dialog appears.
4. Type the name of your bookmark and click Add. The Bookmark dialog disappears.
5. Return to the spot where you want to insert the cross-reference.
6. From the Insert menu, choose Cross-Reference. If your version of Word doesn’t offer menus, refer to Word online help for instructions on using this feature.
   The Cross-reference dialog appears.
7. In the Reference type list, choose Bookmark. A list of bookmarks appears.
8. Create your cross-reference.