Word always opens at beginning of file

[ng1]

Is there some way to configure Word so it opens a large document at
the location of the last edit? I have a several hundred page file and
I have to scroll to the bottom every time I open it.

 

[Clive Huggan]

Dear Ng,

Key Command-Option-z or Shift-F5.

In open documents, either of these commands rotates successively through the
last four places where text was typed or the insertion point was placed; in
a newly opened document it goes to the last position of the insertion point
before the document was closed.

(Shift-F5 works in both Word for Windows and Word for Mac. But I keep using
Command-Option-z on the Mac because it can be keyed with one hand, and I
need to keep the other hand free to scratch my head, thinking!)

-- Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
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[ng1]

Key Command-Option-z or Shift-F5.

In open documents, either of these commands rotates successively through the
last four places where text was typed or the insertion point was placed; in
a newly opened document it goes to the last position of the insertion point
before the document was closed.

Very good, that's a help. But isn't it odd that the progam does not
automatically open at the last insertion point? Most programs do. Is
there no configuration setting for this?

Where could I have found reference to Command-Option-Z? Where do you
get documentation? It didn't come with the upgrade!

 

[Clive Huggan]

Very good, that's a help. But isn't it odd that the progam does not
automatically open at the last insertion point? Most programs do. Is
there no configuration setting for this?

No, but you could use a macro that does this when a document opens. Sorry I
can't help you there -- macros of this type aren't in my bag of tricks --
try the VBA newsgroup and mention that you are using the Mac platform. Or
possibly someone on this newsgroup will offer something if they see this
thread.

Where could I have found reference to Command-Option-Z?

By looking back on this newsgroup (it last came up 2 weeks ago) -- the best
way to obtain the best techniques on Word is by watching this newsgroup
using Entourage or other e-mail software configurable for newsgroups.
Nothing else comes close to it. That's how I learned many of Word's advanced
techniques.

Or doing a Google search of newsgroups using terms that could have been used
in a similar query.

And it's in most thick third-party manuals, I seem to recall.

Where do you get documentation? It didn't come with the upgrade!

It has been available for years via this oh-so-intuitive procedure:

Tools menu » Macro -> Macros -> scroll to ListCommands (may be necessary to
select "Word Commands" from the "Macros in" pop-down menu first) and select
Run -> Current menu and keyboard settings.

Tools menu -> Macro -> Macros -> pop down the "Macros in:" menu to Word
Commands -> scroll down the list until you see ListCommands, then Run ->
click Current menu and keyboard settings -> OK.

A new document will be produced that lists Word's default menu and keyboard
settings (unless you have changed any of them) and any that you have
created. This list is about 16 pages long; if you choose "all Word
commands", it will be about 33 pages.

I titled my document "Menu & keyboard settings [date]".

If you consult Windows-based Word manuals (which are more comprehensive than
Mac manuals for Word) or you do a lot of cross-platform work and your
PC-based colleagues are in the habit of asking you about using Word, it's
handy to have the equivalent document for the PC. It's simply a matter of
asking a colleague with a Windows computer to e-mail you one; the procedure
is the same as above.

There's a separate procedure for printing a list of user-defined keyboard
shortcuts, too.

--Clive Huggan

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[John McGhie [MVP Office Systems -- Word]]

I use a pair of macros for this: one marks the spot, the other goes to it.

The first one is this:
Public Sub markSpot()
Selection.Bookmarks.Add Name:="macroMarkHere", Range:=Selection.Range
End Sub

The other is this:
Public Sub gotoSpot()
WordBasic.WW7_EditGoTo Destination:="macroMarkHere"
End Sub


To make this fully automatic, you need another pair of macros:

Sub AutoClose()
Call markSpot
End Sub

Sub AutoExit()
Call markSpot
End Sub


The two Auto macros will put a bookmark at the position of the cursor
whenever you close the document.

The other one will go to it. Don't beat me up about the fact that it's
ancient Word 95 code: I know that: but it's simpler than the modern version,
which I can't find right now

cheers

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Very good, that's a help. But isn't it odd that the progam does not
automatically open at the last insertion point? Most programs do. Is
there no configuration setting for this?

No, but you could use a macro that does this when a document opens. Sorry I
can't help you there -- macros of this type aren't in my bag of tricks --
try the VBA newsgroup and mention that you are using the Mac platform. Or
possibly someone on this newsgroup will offer something if they see this
thread.

Where could I have found reference to Command-Option-Z?

By looking back on this newsgroup (it last came up 2 weeks ago) -- the best
way to obtain the best techniques on Word is by watching this newsgroup
using Entourage or other e-mail software configurable for newsgroups.
Nothing else comes close to it. That's how I learned many of Word's advanced
techniques.

Or doing a Google search of newsgroups using terms that could have been used
in a similar query.

And it's in most thick third-party manuals, I seem to recall.

Where do you get documentation? It didn't come with the upgrade!

It has been available for years via this oh-so-intuitive procedure:

Tools menu » Macro -> Macros -> scroll to ListCommands (may be necessary to
select "Word Commands" from the "Macros in" pop-down menu first) and select
Run -> Current menu and keyboard settings.

Tools menu -> Macro -> Macros -> pop down the "Macros in:" menu to Word
Commands -> scroll down the list until you see ListCommands, then Run ->
click Current menu and keyboard settings -> OK.

A new document will be produced that lists Word's default menu and keyboard
settings (unless you have changed any of them) and any that you have
created. This list is about 16 pages long; if you choose "all Word
commands", it will be about 33 pages.

I titled my document "Menu & keyboard settings [date]".

If you consult Windows-based Word manuals (which are more comprehensive than
Mac manuals for Word) or you do a lot of cross-platform work and your
PC-based colleagues are in the habit of asking you about using Word, it's
handy to have the equivalent document for the PC. It's simply a matter of
asking a colleague with a Windows computer to e-mail you one; the procedure
is the same as above.

There's a separate procedure for printing a list of user-defined keyboard
shortcuts, too.

--Clive Huggan

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