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

On Tue, 3 May 2005 14:28:25 -0700, "Jason Morin"
wrote:

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).

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

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
'Igno Err.Clear
End Sub
--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.

Jason Morin wrote:
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