Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 2007, 2010, and 2013. If you are using an earlier version (Word 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Word, click here: Selecting a Bookmark in a Macro.
You can select the text or document location referenced by a bookmark very easily with a macro. For instance, let's say you had a bookmark named MyBkMark, and you wanted to select the text it represents. The following code fragment will do the trick:
Please Note:
This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 2007, 2010, and 2013. If you are using an earlier version (Word 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Word, click here: 
ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("MyBkMark").Select
You should note that the above will only work if you know the name of the bookmark. If you don't know a particular bookmark's name, you can use an index offset instead, as follows:
ActiveDocument.Bookmarks(3).Select
When this code line is executed, the bookmark represented by index 3 is selected, regardless of the name. Another alternative, of course, is to retrieve the name of the defined bookmarks and then use them within your code.
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2016-11-20 07:47:20
allen@sharonparq.com
David: None of which I am aware. It is on both sites because some people search only on one site or the other.
-Allen
2016-11-20 06:59:16
David
Hi Allen
I notice that you have separate versions of this Hint for Word 2007 onwards and pre 2007. However, as far as I can see the code is identical.
Is there actually any code differences required for the different versions?
Thanks
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