How to show/hide bookmarks in a Word document

Word 365
When you work with bookmarks in a Word document, it can be convenient to show or hide them.
Fortunately, you can show only bookmarks in a Word document, without other nonprintable symbols.

To show/hide bookmarks in a document, do the following:

   1.   On the File tab, click the Options button:

Options in Word 2016

   2.   In the Word Options dialog box, open the Advanced tab, under Show document content, check the Show bookmarks checkbox:

Advanced tab in Word Options 2016

See also this tip in French: Comment afficher / masquer les signets dans un document Word.

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