Shift+F5 will take you to the last editing position in all versions before
Word 2007 (it's broken in that version).
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
"John M" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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41869DC-16BF-4458-A953-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have a large Word document. When I open it it always takes my cursor to
> the top of the page even if I save the document with the cursor down in
> the
> body. It is inconvenient to have to figure out where I was previously
> reading so I can resume.
>
> Is there a way to freeze the spot when you save a document so when you
> open
> it again the cursor will be at that spot?
>
> Thanks,
> John M
>