Inserting Bookmarks

A bookmark is a marker, or flag, that lets you create hyperlinks to specific locations within topics or documents. You can insert a bookmark at a specific location in your topic or document (e.g., at a subheading) and then insert a hyperlink that "connects" to that bookmark. This is a useful feature, for example, if you have a somewhat lengthy topic or document and want the user to be able to locate a specific place in the topic or document quickly.

How to Insert a Bookmark

  1. Open the document or topic.
  2. Click in the topic where you want to insert a bookmark (e.g., in front of a subheading or a specific paragraph).

  3. Do one of the following, depending on the part of the user interface you are using:

    • Ribbon Select Insert > Bookmark.
    • Keyboard Shortcut Press CTRL+SHIFT+K on your keyboard.

    The Manage Bookmarks dialog opens.

  4. In the New bookmark field, type a name for your bookmark (do not use spaces).

    Example If the bookmark is being placed at the beginning of a bulleted list of product features, you might type ProductFeatures as the bookmark name.

  5. Click Add. A bookmark icon and the name of the bookmark are displayed at the appropriate location in the topic (as long as your markers are turned on). You can hide the bookmark name if you want.
  6. Click Save the active file. to save your work.
  7. Now you can insert a cross-reference or another kind of hyperlink elsewhere in this topic or in another topic that links to this bookmark.

Note This feature is not supported for MadCap Lingo review package (LIREV) files.

Note You can also move an existing bookmark to a new location in the topic. To do this, place your cursor in the topic where you want the bookmark to be moved. Select Insert > Bookmark. In the Manage Bookmarks dialog, select the existing bookmark that you want to move (instead of typing the name of a new bookmark). Then click Move.