GMc wrote:
"Jay Freedman" wrote: Try
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/GoBackFix.htm.
Thanks, Jay. I will have to check into that solution (macro) in detail
later. I'm not sure I want to add that macro to my templates (added
complexity).
That article (by Andria Pinson and Dave Rado) says "some files you
open won't "go back" when you press Shift+F5." I never had any
problems in Word 2003. It always worked when I opened a file I had
prev. been working on. So I'm curious as to why it works for "some
files" and not for others -- and now not in Word 2007. (Or will it
work for some files and not others in 2007, too?)
Anyway, thx for the workaround.
My reply was based on matching your problem statement with my knowledge that
there was a workaround for Word 2000 through 2003. Unfortunately, Word 2007
is a different story.
Over the weekend I investigated further and found that, even with the macro,
Word 2007 doesn't go back with Shift+F5 after closing and reopening a
document. It isn't ever going to work unless MS adds a fix to a service
pack.
As the article explains, GoBack operates by jumping to a built-in bookmark
named \PrevSel1. Versions of Word through 2003 saved that bookmark in the
document file, so it's still defined when you reopen the document. The macro
worked around a problem in which the bookmark wasn't saved if the document
was the last one open.
I've found that Word 2007 doesn't save the bookmark at all, no matter how
many documents are open. That means the macro has no effect -- GoBack simply
never works to remember the last edit position through a close/reopen cycle.
This could probably be solved with additional macros that save the location
as a different bookmark on closing and restore \PrevSel1 from that
information on opening. As you say, though, this is additional complexity;
also, writing a macro that works reliably when the user closes the document
(by any of four or five different methods) is quite difficult.
I'm going to ask Microsoft to log this issue as a bug. You can help by
submitting your request as a "suggestion to Microsoft".
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Regards,
Jay Freedman
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