Comments on: Microsoft Word: Jump To Last Cursor Position

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 06:53:33 +0000

No serious reply from Microsoft (they advise using Review Mode instead, and they did not give me any settings for automatic placement of the cursor at the last change after opening of the document……)
I guess the only option is using older versions of Word (but certain CATs “don’t like” them), or trying to fix the macro, here are some tips I found:
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/apperrors/gobackfix.htm

http://www.brainbell.com/tutorials/ms-office/Word/Return_To_The_Last_Editing_Position_When_Opening_A_Document.htm

By: Tillerman

Tillerman — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 23:10:55 +0000

Sorry about first posting … Hope it makes sense. I should have read it through before pressing Submit Comment button.

By: Tillerman

Tillerman — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 23:04:02 +0000

I’m having the same problem… It does not work in 2007, and I’m so tempted to go back to Open Office. The problem is, I send large documents, and most people do not use Open Office and can’t open them.
It’s a simple thing, I can’t understand why Microsoft didn’t include it. It’s so frustrating………..

By: Tillerman

Tillerman — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 22:58:28 +0000

It’s a shame that Microsoft didn’t learn from Open Office. that’s automatically opens your document to the last placed you typed.

By: Monika

Monika — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:22:34 +0000

True.
It does not work in Word 2007.
I sent a formal question to Microsoft Support Team on their website, waiting for the reply.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:05:19 +0000

Sorry, can’t get this to work in Word 2007. Even tried opening the document, Shift + F5, nothing…. scrolled to last edit, typed more, closed, reopened, Shift + F5, still nothing…

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:47:33 +0000

Thanks so much. I have a 236-page file (of Mac tips), and now I’ll use Shift-F5 to to jump where I last edited the file.

By: Matthew B

Matthew B — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:36:39 +0000

Excellent tip. It’s going to save me so much time.

By: Martin

Martin — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 19:28:43 +0000

You are welcome, sometimes those little tricks can make a huge difference.

By: paraselsus

paraselsus — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 19:23:15 +0000

Thanks a lot Martin! Very useful information. It is the problem which annoys me for ages). Since now never more! Sorry for my english

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By: balint

balint — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:13:03 +0000

Hi,

Is there any way to do the same in Google docs as well? I have a long excel sheet in G docs and every time I open it I have to scroll down a lot. Any suggestions? Thanks!

By: yogi

yogi — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:09:14 +0000

Hey, that’s real helpful! Thanks.