Change Default Insertion Point / Cursor Position

[guardiantORJ]

Does anyone know of a way to have the cursor position (insertion point)
by default to a different location such as the middle of a document or
to line 2 or 3, or so on. There is actually meaning behind this
question because it is for a dictation crew in a hospital to make this
easier for them so they don't have to count lines to start. Thanks for
the help.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

You can set a bookmark at the location you want typing to start in your
template. Record an AutoNew macro _in the template_ going to that bookmark.
Stop recording. Make sure you do not record the macro in your normal.dot
file but in the document template you are creating. Press Ctrl-Home to get
out of the bookmark and return to the beginning of the template. When
someone creates a new document based on your template, it will go to the
bookmark. Note that the bookmark will be deleted when they start typing.
--
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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Charles has told you how to do what you asked, but have you considered
making your document a protected form instead? See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/FillinTheBlanks.htm and especially
the forms tutorials by Dian Chapman that this article links to.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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[guardiantORJ]

I have not thought of creating a protected form and I am looking into
it now. But the way this template is setup there is a 1 row table at
the very top of this document for another part of a form that displays
( when template is opened) where you can put in information for a new
document. But the section i am having troubles with is the section for
appending information where i am able to put in a line number and it
should go to it. The problem is that the cursor is in the table at
start and will not go to the line number i have specified. I have
little to no programming skills so the easiest way is the best way for
me at this point. If there is anythign else i can provide that could
help please let me know. any ideas will be greatly appreciated. Thanks