Microsoft KB Archive/160021

= WD97: GoBack Method Switches to Another Document =

Article ID: 160021

Article Last Modified on 8/10/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q160021





SYMPTOMS
When you use the GoBack Method in a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro, or when you press SHIFT+F5, Word may switch to another open document.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs because the Visual Basic for Applications GoBack Method and the SHIFT+F5 keystroke operate at the Word session level rather than at the Word document level. The Visual Basic for Applications GoBack Method switches among the last three locations in the currently open documents in which text or formatting has changed.

If only one document is open, the GoBack Method switches among the last three editing positions in the current document.

When you run a macro that uses the GoBack Method and you have more than one document open in Word, the insertion point may go to an unexpected location. For example, if you use the GoBack Method in an AutoOpen macro, the insertion point may go to another document instead of going to the last editing position within the document you are opening.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem and return to the previous editing location within a document, use one of the following methods.

Method 1: Set a Permanent Bookmark
When you run the macro, the insertion point will go to this bookmark location.

The following macro creates a bookmark called "mark" at the insertion point.

NOTE: If the document that contains the bookmark is not open, you will receive an error. Sub SetBookMark On Error Resume Next Selection.Bookmarks.Add Name:="YourBookmarkName" If Err > 0 Then MsgBox Err.Description End Sub

The following macro returns the insertion point to the bookmark you set.

Sub GoToMark On Error Resume Next Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToBookmark, Name:="mark" If Err > 0 Then MsgBox Err.Description End Sub

For more information about adding bookmarks, click the Office Assistant while in the Visual Basic Editor, type Add Bookmark, click Search, and then click to view "Add Method(Bookmarks Collection)."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

176476 OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions

Method 2: Set a Named Range
The named range exists only while the macro is running. You can return to the named location from within any document while the document that contains the named range is open.

NOTE: If the document that contains the named range is not open, you will receive an error message.

The following macro defines a range called "MyRange" at the insertion point:

Sub SetRangeMark On Error Resume Next Set MyRange = Selection.Range If Err > 0 Then MsgBox Err.Description End Sub The following macro returns the insertion point to the range set in the previous example: Sub GoToMark On Error Resume Next Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToBookmark, Name:="mark" If Err > 0 Then MsgBox Err.Description End Sub For more information about Range Method, click the Office Assistant while in the Visual Basic Editor, type Range Method, click Search, and then click to view "Range Method."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

176476 OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions



MORE INFORMATION
The following is a sample AutoOpen macro that uses the GoBack method: Sub AutoOpen Application.GoBack End Sub For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

173707 OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

