Go Back & Forward When Editing Lengthy Documents in Microsoft Word

14 jul 2008

This tip will come very handy if you are editing a document inside Microsoft Word that spans more than a couple of pages.

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This tip will come very handy if you are editing a document inside Microsoft Word that spans more than a couple of pages.

Say you are writing something on Page 9 of a Word document and then scroll down to some place on Page 16. Now if you were to go back to the previous location on Page 9, just press Shift + F5.

Microsoft Word remembers the last location of your cursor on the document just like the Back and Forward arrows in a web browser. And to go back to Page 16, press Shift+F5 again. Source: MS newsletter.

http://www.bestwebimage.com Rob

Cool tip for me because I am constantly going back and forth on a word template I use all the time. Copy, shift 5 past.
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Cool! Thanks a lot!
http://leehopkins.net/ Lee Hopkins

Arrgghh!!!

I have been searching for that key combo for years! I used to have it stored in my memory, but my brain got wiped by a virus and I couldn’t find it anywhere. Because I couldn’t think of how to describe it no amount of googling helped either.

Once again you are a legend, Amit!

Cheers from the wintry Adelaide Hills!
:-)
http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/powerpoint_tips_blog.html Ellen Finkelstein

And just as wonderful, Shift+F5 returns you to where you were when you last used the document. So, you’re writing something, save and close, and open it the next day. Shift+F5 and presto! you’re back where you were last time!
Nicklas Lindewald

Thanks, it’s good but since it only keeps the last two previous locations stored I often find I have mucked around too much on page 16 and shif+F5 will not return me to page 9. There is no workaround for this, to make Word remember a few more mouse clicks or not worry about mouse clicks next to each other?
Thanks

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Go Back & Forward When Editing Lengthy Documents in Microsoft Word

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