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Open to end of .doc

Feb 1, 2007 3:36AM PST

I have several very long MS Word documents.

When I open them, they always open at the first line, requiring me use the slider bar to resume work where I left off.

Is there a way to have Word open the doccument at the last line, rather than the first?

Ideally I would like to set this preference on a per document basis.

I'm using Word 2002.

Thank you!

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Why not tap Ctrl+End
Feb 1, 2007 4:21AM PST

While we could discuss macros why not use the commands Word offers?

Bob

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Ctrl+End Macro?
Feb 1, 2007 5:38AM PST

Thanks Bob, that is certainly easier than the way I've been doing it.

But since we are on a roll here, is there a way to have a one step macro (Ctrl+End) run automatically every time a particular document is opened?

Sounds lazy I know, but I have several of these buggers that I access frequently and I love to eliminate mousing and keying whenever possible.

Thanks.

Morey

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Add it to the Open macro? Example.
Feb 1, 2007 6:11AM PST
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Autoopen macro
Feb 1, 2007 6:32AM PST

It's easy to record such a macro (ctrl-end only) and name it AutoOpen in the current document (note: don't store it in normal.dot, which is another choice). More about it in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/286310

Hope this helps.


Kees

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Autoopen macro - Security warning - selfcert.exe
Feb 12, 2007 7:24AM PST

Howdy Kees-
Thanks for your invaluable guidance. I waded right in there, and got the autoopen macro recorded, but it resulted in a security warning "this doc contains macros" that then had to be moused and cleared. Available solutions were changing security settings to LOW and allowing any old macro to run (bad idea) or signing my macro. (do you trust "yourself?")
To sign my own, I had to run selfcert.exe which was not part of the standard Office installation. Reinsert install disk, custom install selfcert.exe, run it, create my own certificate, add new certificate to trusted list. WOW! I probably should have just taken the first poster's advice and stuck with Ctrl+End, but what the hell, it was a learning experience, and now if I ever want to create more macros, I'm good to go. Thanks for your help!

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(NT) You're welcome. Thanks for posting back.
Feb 12, 2007 6:39PM PST