Open up document to original spot

[Guest]

I'm working on a large Word document. When I re-open the document, I'd like
it to open to the last page I was working on (which could be, for example,
page 34 of 60). When I open it now it opens at page 1 and I have to scroll
through the document, trying to find the page I was working on yesterday. How
can I tag my last location in the document when I save and close it, and have
Word open up at that tag?

I suppose I could generate a unique string at my cursor location during the
close event, and do a find on that unique string upon opening. But there must
be an easier way.

Thanks.
Jason
Word 2003, WinXP

 

[Jay Freedman]

I'm working on a large Word document. When I re-open the document, I'd like
it to open to the last page I was working on (which could be, for example,
page 34 of 60). When I open it now it opens at page 1 and I have to scroll
through the document, trying to find the page I was working on yesterday. How
can I tag my last location in the document when I save and close it, and have
Word open up at that tag?

I suppose I could generate a unique string at my cursor location during the
close event, and do a find on that unique string upon opening. But there must
be an easier way.

Thanks.
Jason
Word 2003, WinXP

After the document opens, press Shift+F5, which is the shortcut for
the GoBack command. This will take you to the location of the last
edit (and two more presses will take you to the two previous edits).

 

[Greg Maxey]

Jason,

Shift+F5 after the document opens will take you to the last spot that you
edited. You can put VBA code in an autoopen macro to open to the last
position edited

Sub AutoOpen()
Application.GoBack
End Sub

or you can bookmark a point that you want to return to each time. Lets call
it "OpenHere"

Sub AutoOpen()
'On Error GoTo Ignore
'If ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("OpenHere") > "" Then
'Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToBookmark, Name:="OpenHere"
'End If
'Ignore: Err.Clear
End Sub