need to know how to keep my directory at the last spot I opened

[Guest]

When pushing F4 in Word to open a directory, I choose a subdirectory and then
when I come back and hit F4 again in a few minutes, it has reverted back to
original directory window instead of staying at the one I was last using...
is there a setting to fix this?

 

[Graham Mayor]

F4 by default is set to repeat the last action. It is impossible to account
for what happens if you use it inappropriately.

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[Guest]

Sorry.. that did not answer my question. How do you inappropriately press
the F4 key????? What I am saying is that it is not acting appropriately by
saving my last action.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I think what Graham was saying is that F4 is not (by default) a shortcut for
opening a file or folder in Word. It is the shortcut for repeating the last
action (which usually doesn't include opening files).

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[Guest]

Okay...hmmm.... okay... every computer i have ever worked on when I press F4
it opens a window that shows my directories, and usually whatever directory I
opened a file in stays there if I press F4 again. Am I not making my
question clear? If you press F4 does it not open your directory of files? I
am very confused.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

No. On my computer it repeats the last action that was taken.

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[Graham Mayor]

If F4 did this, then it had nothing to do with Word (or Windows) but the
programming of some third party. See Word help under keyboard shortcuts -
and from that see the following extract:

F1 Get Help or visit Microsoft Office Online.
F2 Move text or graphics.
F3 Insert an AutoText entry (after Microsoft Word displays the entry).
F4 Repeat the last action.
F5 Choose the Go To command (Edit menu).
F6 Go to the next pane or frame.
F7 Choose the Spelling command (Tools menu).
F8 Extend a selection.
F9 Update selected fields.
F10 Activate the menu bar.
F11 Go to the next field.
F12 Choose the Save As command (File menu).
If these are company owned computers, take it up with your IT department,
who presumably made the changes.

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[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Vicki,

I think some of the confusion here may be that folks may have been assuming that you are inside of a Word document. From your
description, I'm guessing that you're in File=>Open from Word. In that context the F4 key will open a dropdown list (either the the
Filename or the 'Look In') one depending on where you've clicked.

When you do that, the file/folder name that is 'highlighted' after pressing F4 is the one in line with the tip of the mouse pointer
arrow in the File=>Open Window when F4 was pressed.

For example if you click near the top of the File=>Open list and use F4 you may see the first file in the list highlighted. If you
have the mouse pointer down lower in the dialog and use F4 the cursor will probably highlight a file in the last laterally equal to
where the mouse was 'pointing' in File=>Open.

For setting a default starting point to land on in File=>Open you can use the settings in Tools=>Options=>File Locations.
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Okay...hmmm.... okay... every computer i have ever worked on when I press F4
it opens a window that shows my directories, and usually whatever directory I
opened a file in stays there if I press F4 again. Am I not making my
question clear? If you press F4 does it not open your directory of files? I
am very confused. >>
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MS Office System Products MVP

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