David Stiller’s blog

I’m reviewing a dozen-page document at work for a trade journal.  I started on Friday and realized I’d have to finish this morning (Monday).  Did I note what page I was on?  Nope.  But was I able to find my place again?  Yup. 

Shift-F5.  In MS Word (in Windows, at least), this keyboard shortcut takes you to the place where you last saved the document.  I don’t even know how I remembered this — it’s something I learned ten years ago, I think.  Still holds true, after so many revisions to Word.  Funny, the things we remember.

So, if you’re going through a very long document and need to come back later, leave yourself a little “bookmark” by saving the document.  (Yes, Word supports a similar, stouter feature called Bookmarks; use that if you like.    This is just an equivalent to sticking a paperclip — or whatever’s handy — into a book.)

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