Creating “Jump Points” in a Document

You can create “Jump Points” in a Word document by using a combination of Bookmarks and Hyperlinks. The document below contains a hyperlinks to each section of the document, so that people reading the document can click on the topic that is of interest to them and be taken directly to that section.

Creating the Bookmarks

Type the text of the document, including section headings. When you are done, select the first section heading and then select Insert, Bookmark from the Word menu. Type a name for the Bookmark and click Add. The Bookmark name cannot contain spaces.

Do the same thing for all of the section headings. When you are done, your Insert, Bookmark dialog box should contain a list of all of the section headings in the document.

You can check to be sure that your Bookmarks are correct by selecting any of the bookmarks and clicking Go To in the Bookmark dialog box.

The next step is to create hyperlinks to the bookmarks you have created.

Creating the Hyperlinks

Move your cursor to the beginning of your document. Select Insert, Hyperlink from the menu and click Bookmark in the Insert Hyperlink dialog box. NOTE: Pressing Ctrl+K also opens the Hyperlink dialog box.

When the Bookmark dialog box displays, select the Bookmark that you created for the first section of the document and click OK. The Bookmark Name displays in the Address portion of the Insert Hyperlink Dialog box.

Complete the Insert Hyperlink dialog box by typing the text you want to display for the Hyperlink. This will be the text that the user clicks on to go to the section. Click OK.

Repeat the above process for each bookmark in your document. When you are done, your document should look something like below. When someone reading your document presses holds down the CTRL key and clicks on a link, he or she is taken to that point in your document.