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Excel: How to create or insert a bookmark

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Navigating large datasets in Excel can be challenging, especially when you need to jump to specific ranges quickly. While Excel doesn’t offer a built-in bookmark feature, you can achieve the same functionality by creating hyperlinks. This guide will show you how to use hyperlinks to navigate within the same sheet or across different sheets in a workbook.

Create a bookmark (hyperlink) to a cell position of the current sheet

Create a bookmark (hyperlink) to a cell position of other sheets


Create a bookmark (hyperlink) to a cell position of the current sheet

1. Select a cell where you want to insert a bookmark, right-click and select "Link" from the context menu.

2. In the Insert "Hyperlink" dialog, click "Place in This Document" from the left pane, then in the "Text to display" textbox, type the bookmark name you want to display, then go to "Type the cell reference" textbox, type the cell reference which you want to jump to while you click at the hyperlink. Click "OK".
A screenshot of the Insert Hyperlink dialog box

Tip: You can add a screen tip for more description about this bookmark by clicking "ScreenTip" and editing the description in the popping dialog.
A screenshot showing the ScreenTip option in the Insert Hyperlink dialog box

Now the cell you selected has been inserted with a hyperlink and displayed text as you edit. Click it will jump to the cell reference you specify.
A screenshot showing a hyperlink inserted in a cell in Excel


Create a bookmark (hyperlink) to a cell position of other sheets

1. Select a cell where you want to insert a bookmark, right-click and select "Link" from the context menu.

2. In the Insert "Hyperlink" dialog, click "Place in This Document" from the left pane, then in the "Text to display" textbox, type the bookmark name you want to display, then go to "Type the cell reference" textbox, type the "sheet name + ! + cell reference" which you want to jump to while you click at the hyperlink. Click "OK".
A screenshot of the Insert Hyperlink dialog box to link to a different sheet in Excel

Tip: You can add a screen tip for more description about this bookmark by clicking "ScreenTip" and editing the description in the popping dialog.

Now the cell you selected has been inserted with a hyperlink and displayed text as you edit. Click it will jump to the cell reference you specify.
A screenshot showing a hyperlink in Excel that links to a cell in another sheet


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