Hello,

What I liked about Word 2002 and below was that even when you scroll
using the scroll wheel on your mouse, the cursor stays where it is.
Therefore, when you want to go back to the cursor, you can just press
the right arrow or left arrow and Word will bring you back to where the
cursor is.

However, with Word 2003, I don't think this feature works anymore. Now,
instead, the cursor moves to a somewhere on the current "screen". I
find this more inconvenient. Is there any way to have the cursor stay
where it is regardless of where I am viewing within the document?

The cursor stays where it is in my installation of Word 2003.

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Hello,

What I liked about Word 2002 and below was that even when you scroll
using the scroll wheel on your mouse, the cursor stays where it is.
Therefore, when you want to go back to the cursor, you can just press
the right arrow or left arrow and Word will bring you back to where the
cursor is.

However, with Word 2003, I don't think this feature works anymore. Now,
instead, the cursor moves to a somewhere on the current "screen". I
find this more inconvenient. Is there any way to have the cursor stay
where it is regardless of where I am viewing within the document?

I think I was not clear in my original questions.

Does the cursor stay where it is even when you press right arrow or
left arrow from a distant page?

It moves either one space to the right or one space to the left of its
original position, depending upon which key is pressed. That movement I
would consider to be appropriate.

Are you sure that you are not left clicking with the mouse in the position
to which you are scrolling before using the cursor movement keys?

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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

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I think I was not clear in my original questions.

Does the cursor stay where it is even when you press right arrow or
left arrow from a distant page?

Mr. Robbins,
My cursor acts the same as newlywed's. Is it possible there is a selectable
option in Word 2003 that forces the cursor to act the way newlywed wants it
to act?
GR


"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
...
It moves either one space to the right or one space to the left of its
original position, depending upon which key is pressed. That movement I
would consider to be appropriate.

Are you sure that you are not left clicking with the mouse in the position
to which you are scrolling before using the cursor movement keys?

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

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I think I was not clear in my original questions.

Does the cursor stay where it is even when you press right arrow or
left arrow from a distant page?

I guess it is possible that one of the 1800 odd commands in Word does
control that behaviour, but, I do not know what it is and right now, I am
using a version of Word that I installed on a computer on Tuesday and I
haven't made any specific modifications to the "out of the box
configuration.

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Hope this helps.

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services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"GR" wrote in message
...
Mr. Robbins,
My cursor acts the same as newlywed's. Is it possible there is a
selectable option in Word 2003 that forces the cursor to act the way
newlywed wants it to act?
GR


"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
...
It moves either one space to the right or one space to the left of its
original position, depending upon which key is pressed. That movement I
would consider to be appropriate.

Are you sure that you are not left clicking with the mouse in the
position to which you are scrolling before using the cursor movement
keys?

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

wrote in message
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I think I was not clear in my original questions.

Does the cursor stay where it is even when you press right arrow or
left arrow from a distant page?