Discontinued reading -> create ( external ) reading bookmark

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Suppi

Dear all,

reading a lot of huge specifiation documents, I usually do not read
documents in one go.
To continue reading the next day where I stopped reading today, I
would like to mark the place of my latest reading, i.e. set a
bookmark. So when I open the document again the next day, I just press
a shortcut and, voila, the position shows up where I stopped reading.
So far I did not found any way to do this easily.
Could you please help?

Thanks
Christian
 
So long as you can edit the file, you can use Shft+F5 to retrun to the last
point of edit, even after shutdown.
Even adding a space, then save and then close, will be enough of a marker
for Word.
Hope this helps.
DeanH
 
In fact, you don't have to really edit the document. At the point where you
finish reading it, insert a space and then press Backspace to remove and
click on Save. Word will remember that edit point.
 
Well I should have said that you can make an invisible edit: it doesn't have
to be an edit that is seen! Sometimes adding a space may have big
consequences in a document's layout!

Terry
 
Yeah, someone (Beth Melton?) dubbed Spacebar + Backspace a "phantom edit."
 
Dear all,

thanks a lot for your help.
I'm surprised that this kind of bookmarking is no built-in
functionality of Word.
A "phantom edit" works but makes it a bit clumsy.
Our Documents are under version control, so modifying the document is
no good idea.
But copying it somewhere else will work for me.

Thanks
Christian
 
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