From what you describe, I wonder if you have actually ever clicked in
Filename(1).doc, or just scrolled through it. When you open a doc, the
insertion point is automatically at the first character position. I do not
have anywhere near the expertise Suzanne does, but I believe when you return
to your doc and activate it, if anything prompts a screen refresh the focus
returns to the selection - in this case, the unmoved insertion point at the
top of the doc. If, though, you have clicked in the doc, then the selection
is there, and that's what will show when the refresh occurs. Then again, I
could be totally off, but that's how it looks from my end when it happens to
me.
Ed
"Daniel-San" (Rot13) wrote in message
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Suzanne,
Not necessarily...
Maybe I've not explained this accurately.
Filename.doc is open. This is my "master" document, the one to which I'll
be making changes.
Filename(1).doc is also open. It contains editing and content suggestions
from peer reviewers/anonymous readers, and the like. I scroll down through
this document, looking at changes, decide if I'll use them, and then flip
back to the "master," find the appropriate place, and make the changes.
I then click on Filename(1).doc in the taskbar, to continue the process,
and for some reason, the secondary document has scrolled back up to the
beginning, page one, top left.
Orginally, I thought I had simply gone momentarily bonkers...had I hit
"home" or some other key? I've tried a few things to stop this; including
highlighting (double-clicking) a word in the secondary document as a
place-holder, simply moving the cursor into place (single-click near the
edit point,) and the Shift+F5 shortcut, none of which have worked... the
secondary document snaps back to the top when I click it's name on the
taskbar.
The bane of all trouble-shooting of course rears it's ugly head... it's
slightly intermittent. 75-80 percent of the time, the document snaps to
the beginning, regardless of which "fix" I've attempted. The 20-25 percent
of the time makes me think I'm having some sort of a flashback :-).
????
(Maybe I just need to learn about this "compare" function?)
Thanks,
Dan
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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And you're sure the insertion point is actually moving?
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Words into Type
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"Daniel-San" (Rot13) wrote in message
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Suzanne,
Thanks for the info, but I'm not using any "compare" functions... I just
have both documents open in separate windows and toggle between them by
clicking on the appropriate place on the taskbar. It's when I toggle
that
the mystery scrolling takes place.
???
Thanks,
Dan
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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If you're using Compare Side by Side With, you can specify whether
documents
scroll simultaneously or not. Also note that your position in a
document
is
determined by the position of the insertion point, not what page
you're
looking at; that is, you could be viewing page 20, while the insertion
point
(if you haven't been doing any editing) remains on page 1.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Daniel-San" (Rot13) wrote in message
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Terry,
Thanks for the info, but my laptop's mouse is disabled -- I use a
wired
full-size mouse when doing this. The only "clicking" I do is on the
taskbar,
switching between documents. Any other thoughts?
Thanks,
Dan
"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
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The most common reason for jumping is with laptop users with a
touchpad
device. The over-sensitive touchpad only needs to be accidentally
brushed
and it simulated a mouse click. If the document hasn't been edited,
the
active cursor is probably still at the beginning of the document,
so
a
mouse click takes the focus back to the cursor (the beginning of
the
document).
Ties is usually resolved by desensitizing the touchpad or disabling
the
double-click simulation.
--
Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP
"Daniel-San" (Rot13) wrote in message
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Oh, Mighty MVPs....
In the process of editing papers, it is common for me to have more
than
one version of the paper open (different filenames, obviously) to
allow
me to flip back and forth between the versions, comparing as I go.
Often,
when flipping to one from the other, Word jumps to the beginning
of
the
document. I have no idea why this happens, or if it is a
Word-driven
(as
opposed to Windows-driven) event. It's certainly not the worst
thing
that
can happen, but scrolling down and then finding where you left off
is
a
bit of a PITA. I've tried the Shift+F5 thingy, but I'm usually
only
editing one of the documents, the other is merely there to see
comments,
etc., so it has no effect.
Any ideas? I hope I'm not hallucinating.
Thanks,
Dan