Cursor jumps to the end of the document when deleting a line in Word and have Track Changes enabled (Word for Windows)

Anonymous
2021-03-01T17:25:45+00:00

I work with a document some others has created. In the document Enter has been jused quite many times to create/start a new line. When I use Backspace or Delete to remove the line and tie the sentencens together and then add a space between the sentences, then the cursor jumps all the way to the end of the document. 

When a turn off Track Changes, then it does not happen. I would assume this to be an error/flaw i MS Word and wonder if it is a workaround for the issue or if it would be fixed. I need to have Track Changes enabled.

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-01-05T17:33:33+00:00

    Like ChrisNewton8, I'm finding this problem reduced somewhat in the last few months. When it reappears, I get relief from toggling between Simple and Full Markup, and it's usually half an hour or so before I get kicked to the end again. I've also managed some relief by importing my own Normal and Edit Note formats to less-professional manuscripts. However we work around this, it is still an unacceptable time-loss for professional editors to have to deal with, Microsoft!

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  2. Stefan Blom 351.7K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2022-01-05T17:30:33+00:00

    Use of full markup view is not good practice for editorial professionals working on complex texts. It makes it too easy to miss errors.

    When I make use of "All Markup," I can control what is shown and what is not shown, by using the options in the Advanced Track Changes Options dialog box. For that reason, I find the "All Markup" view more useful than "Simple Markup."

    Of course, you should work the way you prefer.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-01-05T17:15:38+00:00

    Use of full markup view is not good practice for editorial professionals working on complex texts. It makes it too easy to miss errors.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-01-05T17:13:33+00:00

    I was going to report that for me the problem has largely gone away, but I am getting it big time on the book I am editing at present - thre curs jumps to the end every time I click at the end of a line. Sometimes I can get round it by backspacing up from the next line, others not. As before, switching off Track Changes brings back the vanished text, but not always. I have tried copying and pasting the entire text into a new word file, but it doesn't help. It does seem that it affects some files more than others, almost as if there is a bug in them. What's puzzling is that this is not an on-off, yes/no problem - it operates unpredictably.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-01-05T16:56:54+00:00

    This doesn't work for me. As many others have noted, I am a professional editor and edit with "Track Changes" on. I use the Simple Mark-up view because the full one is too distracting. Even with Simple Mark-up, I still have this problem.

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