Microsoft KB Archive/61564

Saving and Returning to the Insertion Point in Selected Text

PSS ID Number: Q61564 Article last modified on 03- 9-1993

1.00 1.10 1.10a 2.00 WINDOWS

Summary: Microsoft Word for Windows does not retain a text selection after you save and close a document. If you want to have a certain portion of text selected each time you open a document and return to the same place in the document each time you open it, follow the steps below. 1. Select the text you want selected and insert a bookmark. 2. Type a name for the bookmark and choose the OK button. 3. Create a macro and type the name “AutoOpen” (without quotation marks). 4. Type the command EditGoTo “bookmark_name” and save the macro. The following is an example: Sub Main EditGoTo “sameplace” End Sub 5. Save and exit the document. 6. The next time you open the document, the AutoOpen macro executes and the bookmark section is highlighted. If you open a document that does not contain this bookmark name, the error message Bookmark does not exist displays.

Reference(s): “Microsoft Word for Windows User’s Reference,” pages 185-189 TECHREF.DOC. Word for Windows, 1.1, directory “Microsoft Word for Windows Technical Reference”

Additional reference words: w4wmacro 2.0 2.00