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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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MickyRowe, if you go to the start of the second paragraph and use the backspace key to delete backwards (instead of the forward delete), it seems to prevent the cursor jumping to the end. So I've heard.
I have been experiencing the same difficulty for about two months now; very aggravating.
I too need to keep track changes on as I am an editor; I need my authors to see what I have added or deleted, so turning it off is a no-go.
I have also learned that jumping below the problem area (that prompts a jump to the end of the document) and backspacing works, but that is cumbersome and not foolproof.
I think I have found a solution to this annoying problem; editors cannot turn off track changes of course because they need to see all changes they make, so that of course rules out turning off track changes, one way of avoiding this problem.
But I have been having success keeping track changes on and avoiding this problem by switching the track changes view to "Simple Markup" rather than "All Markup." This does not as far as I can tell change anything. I edit as I see fit, the edits show up whenever I switch to "All Markup," and I don't get dumped to the bottom of the document.
I'm interested in others' experience with this fix or go-around.
I had been avoiding this problem all morning by turning on "Simple Markup" and felt confident enough about it to post my supposed solution, but I have very recently discovered that while it works frequently enough, it does not work all the time. Sorry for getting anyone's hopes up.
I'm and editor, and I've been having this issue, too. It is SOOO frustrating, and it's literally costing me money because it takes me so much longer to edit a manuscript now.
Here's what I've been doing, and it helps, somewhat.
I have to use track changes, but I like to work with 'no markup' so I can just read and edit, without the distraction of editing marks. But that view seems to make this issue horrible. So, I've been using 'All Markup,' but because it's customizable visa the dropdown menu, I hide all the changes.
This reduced the number of times that it happens, but it still happens, unfortunately.
This is obviously a track changes bug because I've tried everything to eliminate the issue. It happens in doc files and docx files. Sometimes, my paragraphs disappear, too. Or sometimes, I see double paragraphs where one paragraph is not indented but the next one is. When that happens, I save, close it out, and reopen the document, but again, it's time consuming. Time is Money, so this is horrible. I'm hoping Microsoft moderators are reading these forums and find a hotfix soon.