Word 2004: resume were cursor was left last time

[Tony]

Hi,

Word 2004: resume were cursor was left last time

Is it possible to configure Word 2004 so that every time that you open
a file the cursor goes where you left last time?

This would be great when you are editing a large file with several
pages.

That neat feature was available in MacWrite years ago.

Thanks.

 

[Elliott Roper]

Hi,

Word 2004: resume were cursor was left last time

Is it possible to configure Word 2004 so that every time that you open
a file the cursor goes where you left last time?

This would be great when you are editing a large file with several
pages.

That neat feature was available in MacWrite years ago.

cmd-opt-z
A neat feature that has been in Word from years ago.

 

[Tony]

Elliot,

WOW, it works! Thanks.

I just wonder why Microsoft is so criptic (reminds me of the old days of
DOS and the command-driven interfaces -- I love menus!). Could not
this also be in menus and preferences? I wonder how many of other
nice features I am missing as well.

Is there a place to find all these "hidden" features that require keyboard
commands?

Thanks again.

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ure was available in MacWrite years ago.

 

[Elliott Roper]

Elliot,

WOW, it works! Thanks.

I just wonder why Microsoft is so criptic (reminds me of the old days of
DOS and the command-driven interfaces -- I love menus!). Could not
this also be in menus and preferences? I wonder how many of other
nice features I am missing as well.

Is there a place to find all these "hidden" features that require keyboard
commands?

My day starts going downhill when I have to touch the mouse, so getting
all the keyboard magic from any application is always a buzz.

Actually none of them 'require' keyboard commands. Work through
tools->customize to set up toolbars if that suits the way you work.
Otherwise add your your own from the custommize keyboard menus (which
are a total pain to use, but you get repaid if you use Word a lot.)

I prefer to assign keyboard shortcuts to everything. I work with no
toolbars visible at all, except one or two pixels of the formatting
palette to work round una poca bugetta in the style command.
If the commands/menus require a trip through palettes, I'll write a
macro to hide as much of that from view as possible.

Here is the recipe cut from a McGimpsey post

One way to find existing commands is to list them all:
Tools/Macro/Macros. Choose Word Commands from the "Macros in"
dropdown.
Choose ListCommands from the textbox.

Intuitive? maybe. It will create a 40 page Word table. To make it more
manageable, remove the row containing any command containing the the
word "draw".

<aside to Beth R>
Happy now? Is this back to normal curmudgeonliness?
</aside to Beth R>

 

[Beth Rosengard]

Here is the recipe cut from a McGimpsey post

Intuitive? maybe. It will create a 40 page Word table. To make it more
manageable, remove the row containing any command containing the the
word "draw".

<aside to Beth R>
Happy now? Is this back to normal curmudgeonliness?
</aside to Beth R>

It's actually quite mild! You must be having a mellow day <eg>.

Beth

 

[Guest]

Elliott,

Many thanks.

You are a mine of information.



For me it is best to have features both in the menus and as other
places (keyboard shortcuts, palettes, etc). That way everybody can use
whatever they like.

Commands are fine if you know them. Otherwise it is hell. And there
are too many to remember. That is why we are using Mac OS X and not
a super-powerful command-driven shell interface of Unix. Mere
mortals prefer icons and menus. And mice as well.

I love the Mac way, yet it seems to me that sometimes Microsoft does
not quite understand it.

BTW, the Option Command Z is named "Go Back" in the table generated
following your directions.

Thanks again,

 

[Elliott Roper]

Elliott,

Many thanks.

You are a mine of information.



For me it is best to have features both in the menus and as other
places (keyboard shortcuts, palettes, etc). That way everybody can use
whatever they like.

That's a good point. The windows way of letting you type letters to
select menus and menu items is not totally evil.
Panther does the latter. It is useful in Word, particularly the font
menu when you have a zillion fonts enabled.

Commands are fine if you know them. Otherwise it is hell. And there
are too many to remember. That is why we are using Mac OS X and not
a super-powerful command-driven shell interface of Unix. Mere
mortals prefer icons and menus. And mice as well. Who said I was mortal?

I love the Mac way, yet it seems to me that sometimes Microsoft does
not quite understand it.

BTW, the Option Command Z is named "Go Back" in the table generated
following your directions.

Yep. It should be "go directly to gaol, do not pass go, do not collect
£200" Makes about the same amount of sense. What it actually does is
cycle through the last 4 places you 'did something'. Most of the time.

Don't get me started on Word's command names...

 

[Clive Huggan]

Tony,

I agree with your comment "Commands are fine if you know them. Otherwise it
is hell. And there are too many to remember". Exactly where you draw the
line as to how many you'll remember is of course an individual choice. There
are some discussions of this topic that you might find useful in this free
download: http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/WordMac/Bend/BendWord.htm

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is at least 5 hours different from the US and Europe,
so my follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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[Tony]

Clive,

Awesome!

Thanks for the link.

I wish Microsoft would include at least some of these useful features
as standard in the Word menus as well as being keyboard shortcuts.
Examples:

--Resume were cursor was left last time (Option Command Z).
--Paste unformatted text (Shift Command V)
--Copy unformatted text (Shift Command C)
--Find again (Command G)

Note: the suggested keyboard shortcuts above are the ones used by other
applications like web browsers, eMail clients, etc.

Thanks again,

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