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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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It's August from Microsoft and people still complaining. I'm working on a 300 page dissertation and and stopped dead because of this stupid error. Fix it Microsoft!
Adding my name to the list of editorial professionals losing their minds over this--this glitch is ruining my working life. I was convinced I had accidentally programmed a keystroke to take me to the end of a document and couldn't figure out which combination of keys was causing the jump, so I was so relieved to find this thread! But that relief was short-lived after I read all the comments and realized there's no fix. UGHHHHHHHHHHHH.
I'm using Word for Mac 2019, v. 16.51, working in Print Layout view with All Markup visible but deletions set to "Hidden" in Preferences. My experience has been that this doesn't happen in Draft view, but since editing with Track Changes on in Draft view is excruciating, that cannot be the recommended solution. <weeps>
None of the recommended fixes work. This is an issue that Microsoft has to fix at the root. It’s gotten worse since the last update, which includes other asinine and useless new features like the throbbing blue line under every autocorrect. It is seriously affecting our livelihood, when we’re spending (at a conservative estimate) five or six extra hours per document chasing our own tails back to where we were working. Quit making fancy “upgrades” and take us back to the version that worked.
Absolutely agree, and you've pinpointed the other new thing that's driving me mad as a pro editor. MICROSOFT PLEASE FIX THIS!
This is not quite the same problem. As described by others. my cursor suddenly jumps to the end of the document when I click at the end of a paragraph. To oversimplify, track changes also plays up and obscures some text (until switched off) or does not show my paragraphing. Switching off TC makes it better, but it still happens. Updating Office today seems to have reduced the frequency of the problem, but it still happens every few pages.
I'm sure he'll get right on that, although, yes, this is a serious problem that affects a core user group. While you're at it, can you ask them to get rid of that horrifyingly slow Editor nightmare and give us back SpellCheck?