Point the cursor at a specific cell upon start in MS Word

[piyushdabomb]

Team,

I have a Microsoft Word Document by which I need to have the cursor start pointing at a specific cell whenever I open the document. Right now, the cursor points on the top left of the page (which makes sense).

Since I am trying to use VBA in MS Word's tables, having the start at a specific point in the page will provide ease of automation.

Any advise is greatly appreciated

 

[fumei]

This is very easy, although it takes a wee bit of VBA code. I use a version of this to always open my documents at the last location the cursor was at when the document was closed.

1. Put a bookmark where you want to go to. Name it, say, "there".

2. Put the following into the ThisDocument module of the document.

Sub Document_Open()
Selection.GoTo what:=wdGoToBookmark, Name:="there"
End Sub

Whenever the document is opened it will move the Selection to that bookmark.

Have a question though.

Since I am trying to use VBA in MS Word's tables,

Are you using Selection for this? If you are...stop. It is MUCH better to not use Selection. You can access, and action, anything you want directly, without using, or moving the Selection (cursor).

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Gerry
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