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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 |
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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 ... 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 |
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I get the same issue when I use a split screen on my desktop. The bottom
half will suddenly jump back to the beginning of the doc, as if I had just opened a new doc. Could it be that Word views the new view as a new doc, and opens it a the beginning? Then again, usually as long as I don't touch anything until I click in the new screen, it's fine. But if I do anything to cause a screen update - like change Zoom percentage, it will jump to the beginning. Ed "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 |
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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 ... 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 ... 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 |
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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 Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Daniel-San" (Rot13) wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 |
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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 ... 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 Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Daniel-San" (Rot13) wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 |
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And you're sure the insertion point is actually moving?
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Daniel-San" (Rot13) wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Daniel-San" (Rot13) wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 |
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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 ... And you're sure the insertion point is actually moving? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Daniel-San" (Rot13) wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Daniel-San" (Rot13) wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 |
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It does sound like something that shouldn't be happening.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Daniel-San" (Rot13) wrote in message ... 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 ... And you're sure the insertion point is actually moving? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Daniel-San" (Rot13) wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Daniel-San" (Rot13) wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 |
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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 ... 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 ... And you're sure the insertion point is actually moving? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Daniel-San" (Rot13) wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Daniel-San" (Rot13) wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 |
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This is what I have been getting at from the beginning, and Daniel-San's
answer on this score has been far from definitive. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Ed" wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 ... And you're sure the insertion point is actually moving? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Daniel-San" (Rot13) wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Daniel-San" (Rot13) wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 |
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Documents Jumping Back to the Beginning....
I thought I had been fairly clear that I have clicked in the document:
"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." ??? Dan "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... This is what I have been getting at from the beginning, and Daniel-San's answer on this score has been far from definitive. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Ed" wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 ... And you're sure the insertion point is actually moving? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Daniel-San" (Rot13) wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Daniel-San" (Rot13) wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 |
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Documents Jumping Back to the Beginning....
Indeed you did. There's just been so much water under the bridge (and the
problem is such a stumper) that I'm losing track and grasping at straws. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Daniel-San" (Rot13) wrote in message ... I thought I had been fairly clear that I have clicked in the document: "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." ??? Dan "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... This is what I have been getting at from the beginning, and Daniel-San's answer on this score has been far from definitive. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Ed" wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 ... And you're sure the insertion point is actually moving? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Daniel-San" (Rot13) wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Daniel-San" (Rot13) wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 |
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Documents Jumping Back to the Beginning....
This is a perplexing problem!
Just for a test - though I am not suggesting this as a permanent solution - try having both documents open in the same screen. Test working between the documents to see if the problem still recurs. Then we will at least be able to eliminate the dual screen operation. Terry "Daniel-San" (Rot13) wrote in message ... I thought I had been fairly clear that I have clicked in the document: "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." ??? Dan "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... This is what I have been getting at from the beginning, and Daniel-San's answer on this score has been far from definitive. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Ed" wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 ... And you're sure the insertion point is actually moving? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Daniel-San" (Rot13) wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Daniel-San" (Rot13) wrote in message ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 |
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