Open document at saved view

[sandysk]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

In Windows, I can save a document at a certain place in my document so that when I re-open, it'll open where I last typed/saved the document. Why does Word Mac open at the beginning of the document everytime I re-open? Can I save/open where I last worked?

 

[Clive Huggan]

Hello Sandy,

Try keying Command-Option-z, which will take you to the last edited spot (or
*should* -- I'm still using Word 2004, and while I would hope this would
still work in Word 2008, some characteristics have been dropped from this
latest version).

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from the Americas and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
====================================================

 

[sandysk]

Hello Sandy,

Try keying Command-Option-z, which will take you to the last edited spot (or
*should* -- I'm still using Word 2004, and while I would hope this would
still work in Word 2008, some characteristics have been dropped from this
latest version).

Hi Clive,

It didn't work - but I appreciate the response. Anyone else?

sandysk

 

[John McGhie]

It *doesn't* work in Word 2008. That's a bug. Word is supposed to delete
all except the most recent cursor position when it closes the file. In
2008, they are a little sloppy and it deletes them "all".

In Word 2004, you can overcome this using a macro. In Word 2008, there are
no macros.

So the answer to your question is: "Sorry, it can't be done in 2008".

What you CAN do is leave a bit of text in the document: for example
"Igotuptohereyesterday". If you open the document tomorrow and search for "
Igotuptohereyesterday", you will find it

Or you can insert a bookmark, and use Go To to go directly to it: same
difference.

Cheers

Hi Clive,

It didn't work - but I appreciate the response. Anyone else?

sandysk

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[Clive Huggan]

To add to John's workaround, Sandy, I'd be a bit concerned that whatever
marker one left in a document might be forgotten, and would appear in print
subsequently. So this occurred to me:

First, create a really unusual character, such as "‡" (just in case it
doesn't reproduce properly it's an omega, achieved by keying Option-z). The
select it and apply "Hidden" format (make sure "Hidden" is made visible in
your Word preferences, and is not set up to show when printing).

Keeping it selected, open AutoCorrect (Tools menu). It will appear in the
right-hand box as a Formatted AutoCorrect item. Type a short set of
characters in the left to trigger this item -- ones that you would never use
otherwise, such as "mrkr" or "optz".

Now, when you finish work on a document, you simply type "mrkr" followed by
a space and the hidden-text "‡" will be dropped in. When you resume, just
key Command-f => ‡ => [OK button]. (You type the ‡ by keying Option-z, of
course.) The ‡ will be highlighted and you simply delete it.

As mentioned, I don't have the dubious privilege of using Word 2008 so maybe
the interface will be different from what I describe; I'm sure John will
correct me in that case. ;-)

By the way, John, one doesn't need a macro for this in Word 2004 --
Command-Option-z simply works "out of the box". But I guess you're trying to
suppress such memories so you can be more quickly Stockholmed by Word 2008's
charming foibles ... ;-))

Cheers,

Clive
======

 

[John McGhie]

No, you're right.

You "could" work-around the Word 2008 issue with a macro in Word 2004. But
in Word 2004, you don't need to, because the GoBack command works

Cheers

To add to John's workaround, Sandy, I'd be a bit concerned that whatever
marker one left in a document might be forgotten, and would appear in print
subsequently. So this occurred to me:

First, create a really unusual character, such as "‡" (just in case it
doesn't reproduce properly it's an omega, achieved by keying Option-z). The
select it and apply "Hidden" format (make sure "Hidden" is made visible in
your Word preferences, and is not set up to show when printing).

Keeping it selected, open AutoCorrect (Tools menu). It will appear in the
right-hand box as a Formatted AutoCorrect item. Type a short set of
characters in the left to trigger this item -- ones that you would never use
otherwise, such as "mrkr" or "optz".

Now, when you finish work on a document, you simply type "mrkr" followed by
a space and the hidden-text "‡" will be dropped in. When you resume, just
key Command-f => ‡ => [OK button]. (You type the ‡ by keying Option-z, of
course.) The ‡ will be highlighted and you simply delete it.

As mentioned, I don't have the dubious privilege of using Word 2008 so maybe
the interface will be different from what I describe; I'm sure John will
correct me in that case. ;-)

By the way, John, one doesn't need a macro for this in Word 2004 --
Command-Option-z simply works "out of the box". But I guess you're trying to
suppress such memories so you can be more quickly Stockholmed by Word 2008's
charming foibles ... ;-))

Cheers,

Clive
======

It *doesn't* work in Word 2008. That's a bug. Word is supposed to delete
all except the most recent cursor position when it closes the file. In
2008, they are a little sloppy and it deletes them "all".

In Word 2004, you can overcome this using a macro. In Word 2008, there are
no macros.

So the answer to your question is: "Sorry, it can't be done in 2008".

What you CAN do is leave a bit of text in the document: for example
"Igotuptohereyesterday". If you open the document tomorrow and search for "
Igotuptohereyesterday", you will find it

Or you can insert a bookmark, and use Go To to go directly to it: same
difference.

Cheers

--
Don't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/

Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie, Microsoft MVP, Word and Word:Mac
Sydney, Australia. mailto:[email protected]