[Daniel-San]

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

[Terry Farrell]

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

[Ed]

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

[Daniel-San]

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

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

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

[Daniel-San]

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

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

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