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temporary editing location marks for finding position
In some programming languages I have the ability to hit a combination of
keys to place a temporary marker on a line that I can return to via another set of keystrokes. Most of the time they allow 10 or so of these markers to be used at any time. It's very handy for jumping around in code to the spot you need to be when moving back and forth from one procedure to another. Is there something like this in word 03? If I have a long document and am editing part way down page 4 and then have to look at something on page 12 I'd like to be able to hit a couple of keys to go back to the marker I left on page 4. I don't want to use anything permanent like setting up hyperlinks or bookmarks. Just something temporary (it doesn't even have to persist when the file is closed) that I can set, reset and remove very quickly while moving around in a document. I looked for some reference to this sort of thing in the help but was unable to find anything. Thanks, Keith |
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temporary editing location marks for finding position
Word sets temporary bookmarks at your last three editing locations; these
can be accessed in turn using Shift+F5. For anything more, you'll need to set actual bookmarks. Have you considered using the Document Map? -- 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. "Keith G Hicks" wrote in message ... In some programming languages I have the ability to hit a combination of keys to place a temporary marker on a line that I can return to via another set of keystrokes. Most of the time they allow 10 or so of these markers to be used at any time. It's very handy for jumping around in code to the spot you need to be when moving back and forth from one procedure to another. Is there something like this in word 03? If I have a long document and am editing part way down page 4 and then have to look at something on page 12 I'd like to be able to hit a couple of keys to go back to the marker I left on page 4. I don't want to use anything permanent like setting up hyperlinks or bookmarks. Just something temporary (it doesn't even have to persist when the file is closed) that I can set, reset and remove very quickly while moving around in a document. I looked for some reference to this sort of thing in the help but was unable to find anything. Thanks, Keith |
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Thanks for the suggestion but neither of those really solve my problem.
Shift+F5 I haev no control over so if I'm editing areas that I don't want to return to later on I'm stuck. That seems like a pretty useless feature. I just did a bunch of reading about the document map. Ugh. How cumbersome and little control over that as well. And it seems that it only really works well if you have a document that has all sorts of outline numbering in it. I opened up one of my heavily organized contracts and it seems useful but when I opened up a large document with no outlining in it, there was no map at all. I just need a quick toggle on/off sort of marker that I can set on the fly as I'm jumping around. For exmample, I'm editing a section of the doc that I want to return to in a minute so I hit CTRL+SHIFT+1 for example. Then I go off to work on some other part of the doc and when I'm done I it ALT+SHIFT+1 to return. Ideally I could set up to 10 markers (using digits 0 to 9) around the doc. There should be some sort of indication in the ruler or margin that I've set a marker. I should also have the option of making them persist or not when the doc is closed. Sure seems that after some 20+ years of Word it'd have something like that. What a drag. Bookmarks are the next best alternative but they are not really designed for that and are a bit to awkward for this (too many keystrokes to turn them on and off and get around with them). Keith |
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Document Map relies on heading styles; see
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/documentmap/index.html and http://daiya.mvps.org/docmap.htm -- 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. "Keith G Hicks" wrote in message ... Thanks for the suggestion but neither of those really solve my problem. Shift+F5 I haev no control over so if I'm editing areas that I don't want to return to later on I'm stuck. That seems like a pretty useless feature. I just did a bunch of reading about the document map. Ugh. How cumbersome and little control over that as well. And it seems that it only really works well if you have a document that has all sorts of outline numbering in it. I opened up one of my heavily organized contracts and it seems useful but when I opened up a large document with no outlining in it, there was no map at all. I just need a quick toggle on/off sort of marker that I can set on the fly as I'm jumping around. For exmample, I'm editing a section of the doc that I want to return to in a minute so I hit CTRL+SHIFT+1 for example. Then I go off to work on some other part of the doc and when I'm done I it ALT+SHIFT+1 to return. Ideally I could set up to 10 markers (using digits 0 to 9) around the doc. There should be some sort of indication in the ruler or margin that I've set a marker. I should also have the option of making them persist or not when the doc is closed. Sure seems that after some 20+ years of Word it'd have something like that. What a drag. Bookmarks are the next best alternative but they are not really designed for that and are a bit to awkward for this (too many keystrokes to turn them on and off and get around with them). Keith |
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Randomly brainstorming other approaches to get the functionality you need‹
1) Use either Window | New Window or Window | Compare Side by Side to see two locations in the same document at the same time. 2) Get in the habit of typing COMEBACK and record a macro that Finds the text COMEBACK (or CMBK) 3) Perhaps recording a macro so that you can easily create and delete Bookmarks would work for you? Links on macros: Creating a macro with no programming experience using the recorder http://word.mvps.org/faqs/macrosvba/UsingRecorder.htm How to modify a recorded macro http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Macros...ordedMacro.htm How to assign a Word command or macro to a toolbar or menu http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customizat...oToToolbar.htm Questions would probably better directed to a VBA group: http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...g=microsoft.pu blic.word.vba.general&lang=en&cr=US If just beginning with macros, this group is for beginners: http://www.microsoft.com/communities...aspx?dg=micros oft.public.word.vba.beginners&lang=en&cr=US On 10/29/06 2:59 PM, "Keith G Hicks" wrote: Thanks for the suggestion but neither of those really solve my problem. Shift+F5 I haev no control over so if I'm editing areas that I don't want to return to later on I'm stuck. That seems like a pretty useless feature. I just did a bunch of reading about the document map. Ugh. How cumbersome and little control over that as well. And it seems that it only really works well if you have a document that has all sorts of outline numbering in it. I opened up one of my heavily organized contracts and it seems useful but when I opened up a large document with no outlining in it, there was no map at all. I just need a quick toggle on/off sort of marker that I can set on the fly as I'm jumping around. For exmample, I'm editing a section of the doc that I want to return to in a minute so I hit CTRL+SHIFT+1 for example. Then I go off to work on some other part of the doc and when I'm done I it ALT+SHIFT+1 to return. Ideally I could set up to 10 markers (using digits 0 to 9) around the doc. There should be some sort of indication in the ruler or margin that I've set a marker. I should also have the option of making them persist or not when the doc is closed. Sure seems that after some 20+ years of Word it'd have something like that. What a drag. Bookmarks are the next best alternative but they are not really designed for that and are a bit to awkward for this (too many keystrokes to turn them on and off and get around with them). Keith -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://word.mvps.org/Mac/WordMacHome.html What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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