returning to file previously worked on after closing it.

[ex-appleworks]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor: Intel In Appleworks, whenever I returned to the file I had been using (eg the manuscript I had been working on) the last page I had been editing would open up. But in Word, it always opens at the first page of the document and i have to scroll down many pages to reach the page I had been last working on.
Is there a short cut?

 

[CyberTaz]

A couple of the simplest & most direct solutions:

Once the file opens key Command+End. If using a laptop or compact keyboard
you may need to use the fn key along with that.

Alternatively you can drag the scroll bar button to the bottom of the scroll
bar rather than scrolling one page at a time. In fact, you can use that
method to go directly to any page you wish -- just keep an eye on the yellow
tip box that opens when you start to drag the button.

You might want to explore Word Help for more keyboard shortcuts.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[John McGhie]

Other than Bob's suggestion to get you to the last page, no, sorry there is
no way to get back to the point of last edit.

In previous versions of Word, Shift + F5 gets you to the point of last edit,
but they broke that in Mac Word 2008 and haven't fixed it yet.

You can, of course, remember to write something distinctive such as
##lastedit## into the text before closing, then search for that when
re-opening.

Sorry...

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor: Intel
In Appleworks, whenever I returned to the file I had been using (eg the
manuscript I had been working on) the last page I had been editing would open
up. But in Word, it always opens at the first page of the document and i have
to scroll down many pages to reach the page I had been last working on.
Is there a short cut?

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