Re: Open doc with cursor at end?

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From: AA (adr_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 03/11/04 

Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 04:25:31 GMT

Damn, I pick up something excellent just about every time I come here!

  Sub AutoOpen()
      Application.GoBack
  End Sub

Now every document I open puts me right where I left off.

Thanks Brandon!

Andy

> Hi, Steve.
>
> This is one feature I really enjoyed in WordPerfect. At
> the time, I couldn't find a feature that allowed me to do
> that, so I wrote little AutoOpen and AutoClose macros.
> Each time you saved the document, the AutoClose macro
> would place a hidden bookmark wherever the cursor was.
> Then, when you opened a document, the AutoOpen macro
> would automatically search for the bookmark and jump to
> it if present. The honeymoon was brief...I didn't like
> the routine of being prompted to save documents over and
> over that I didn't want saved (e.g. I opened them up to
> look at them, not to edit them).
>
> Then I learned a feature that allows you to jump to the
> most recent text edit. Give it a try. Open a document in
> Word, type Shift-f5, and see if it jumps to where your
> last edit was. I've found that meets my needs well.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Brandon
>
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Is there any way to have Word open a document with the
> cursor in the
> >same location it was when the document was closed? I'd
> like to open
> >with the cursor at the end instead of at the beginning
> of the
> >document. Thanks!
> >.
> >
>

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