cursor position out of view

My multi-page document sometimes scrolls the document in an unexpected way.
I don't know how to phrase it, but I'll be typing along (say on the 1st page
of a 4-page document), and the cursor gets outside of the viewable area of
the screen (i.e., the cursor position is past the viewable part of the
window). Then, in order to "see" the typing as I do it, I have to stop and
manually scroll up. Does my explanation make sense to anyone? How can I
prevent the cursor moving off the screen, which then requires me to manually
scroll down to "re-see" the cursor?

TIA

Larry
Mon Nov 17 20:28:50 CST 2003



The text that the cursor is located in can be inadvertently scrolled
off-screen by the scroll wheel. Here's a macro I use to bring it
instantly back, to a spot several lines below the top of the screen,
while leaving it in the same place in the text. Install this macro,
assign it to a convenient keystroke, and you're in business.

Sub CursorToScreen()
' by Larry
' Bookmarks selection and then goes to bookmark. Brings selection from
anywhere,
' off screen or onscreen, to about five lines below top of window.

' Bookmark the selection.
Dim rngStoppedHere As Range
ActiveDocument.Bookmarks.Add Name:="NewPara", Range:=Selection.Range

' Go to bookmark
System.Cursor = wdCursorIBeam
Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToBookmark, Name:="NewPara"

End Sub

Larry




zSplash wrote:
> My multi-page document sometimes scrolls the document in an
> unexpected way. I don't know how to phrase it, but I'll be typing
> along (say on the 1st page of a 4-page document), and the cursor gets
> outside of the viewable area of the screen (i.e., the cursor position
> is past the viewable part of the window). Then, in order to "see"
> the typing as I do it, I have to stop and manually scroll up. Does
> my explanation make sense to anyone? How can I prevent the cursor
> moving off the screen, which then requires me to manually scroll down
> to "re-see" the cursor?
>
> TIA