Keyboard shortcut for cursor's previous position?

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In earlier versions of Word, I could hit Shft+F5 and the cursor would return
to a previous position. I can't seem to replicate this in Word 2007. I did a
search and read that one can put back/forward buttons on the QAT. I'd rather
not crowd that with something I need only once every 3 weeks or so.... is
there a keyboard shortcut for that? I went into the "Commands not on the
RIbbon" and found the BackHistory item. I tried to set it to Ctrl+Alt+B, but
that didn't do anything, even though I checked back later and saw that that
keyboard combo was in fact assigned to the BakcHistory item. Do I have to
place something on the QAT for the keyboard shortcut to take effect?
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Paul

MS Office 2007
XP Home SP3
Dell Inspiron 1501
 
In earlier versions of Word, I could hit Shft+F5 and the cursor would return
to a previous position. I can't seem to replicate this in Word 2007. I did a
search and read that one can put back/forward buttons on the QAT. I'd rather
not crowd that with something I need only once every 3 weeks or so.... is
there a keyboard shortcut for that? I went into the "Commands not on the
RIbbon" and found the BackHistory item. I tried to set it to Ctrl+Alt+B, but
that didn't do anything, even though I checked back later and saw that that
keyboard combo was in fact assigned to the BakcHistory item. Do I have to
place something on the QAT for the keyboard shortcut to take effect?
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Shift+F5 (the default shortcut for the GoBack command) is the proper one.
However, it doesn't go back to "the last cursor position" but rather to "the
last editing position" -- that is, where you last made a change that would be
listed in the Undo stack.

The Back button (the WebGoBack command, shortcut Alt+left arrow) returns you to
the location of a hyperlink after you follow the link.

I'm not sure exactly what the BackHistoryItem command is supposed to do. The
description in the Customize Keyboard dialog says "Goes back to most recent
screen", but the term "screen" isn't common in Word. Google didn't find anything
enlightening about it.
 
Thanks. I was under the impression that Shft+F5 referred to cursor position,
not editing, but that's ok. It will definitely do the job. Before I posted,
not being aware of that difference, I simply placed the cursor at various
points around the document and that keyboard combo did nothing. Now I see
why.
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Paul

MS Office 2007
XP Home SP3
Dell Inspiron 1501
 
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