Bookmarks.Add Method (Word)
Returns a Bookmark object that represents a bookmark added to a range.
Syntax
expression .Add(Name, Range)
expression Required. A variable that represents a Bookmarks collection.
Parameters
Name |
Required/Optional |
Data Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Name |
Required |
String |
The name of the bookmark. The name cannot be more than one word. |
Range |
Optional |
Variant |
The range of text marked by the bookmark. A bookmark can be set to a collapsed range (the insertion point). |
Return Value
Bookmark
Example
This example adds a bookmark named myplace to the selection in the active document.
Sub BMark()
' Select some text in the active document prior
' to execution.
ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Add _
Name:="myplace", Range:=Selection.Range
End Sub
This example adds a bookmark named mark at the insertion point.
Sub Mark()
ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Add Name:="mark"
End Sub
This example adds a bookmark named third_para to the third paragraph in Letter.doc, and then it displays all the bookmarks for the document in the active window.
Sub ThirdPara()
Dim myDoc As Document
' To best illustrate this example,
' Letter.doc must be opened, not active,
' and contain more than 3 paragraphs.
Set myDoc = Documents("Letter.doc")
myDoc.Bookmarks.Add Name:="third_para", _
Range:=myDoc.Paragraphs(3).Range
myDoc.ActiveWindow.View.ShowBookmarks = True
End Sub