Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated January 10, 2024)
This tip applies to Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2021
Alberto uses bookmarks extensively in his documents. He would like to be able to print out a list of all the bookmarks in a document, along with any text that each bookmark may contain.
In other issues of WordTips there have been various macros that allow the printing of a list of bookmarks in a document. Those macros, however, fell short of actually printing the contents of the bookmarks. This macro will actually print the contents:
Sub PrintBookMarks() Dim B As Bookmark Selection.TypeParagraph Selection.InsertBreak Type:=wdColumnBreak Selection.TypeText Text:="Bookmark list for " Selection.TypeText Text:=ActiveDocument.Name Selection.TypeParagraph For Each B In ActiveDocument.Bookmarks Selection.TypeText Text:=.Name Selection.TypeParagraph Selection.TypeText Text:=.Range.Text Selection.TypeParagraph Selection.TypeParagraph Next B Selection.InsertBreak Type:=wdColumnBreak End Sub
The key here is to print the .Range.Text property of each bookmark. Of course, if a bookmark doesn't contain a range of text (perhaps it marks a singular location in a document), then nothing will print for that particular bookmark.
There are also some third-party utilities that may be helpful in managing your bookmarks (including printing them out). One such utility is called Word uTIlities, and you can find it here:
http://insight.trueinsight.za.com/word/word-utilities
Note:
WordTips is your source for cost-effective Microsoft Word training. (Microsoft Word is the most popular word processing software in the world.) This tip (12228) applies to Microsoft Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2021. You can find a version of this tip for the older menu interface of Word here: Printing a Bookmark List with Contents.
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2022-10-11 09:16:17
Melissa
Can you provide instructions on how to reorder bookmarks in Word? I can't find this info anywhere! Some bookmarks were missed and I need to add them and place in the correct order.
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