Set Start locations (seems to now be impossible with AutoNew)

[gmaxey]

What has Microsoft done to break Word? For years, I have used a simple line of code to set the start location when creating a new document.

The

Sub AutoNew()
ActiveDocument.SelectContentControlsByTitle("Target").Item(1).Range.Select
MsgBox Selection.Range.Text 'Words as the message box returns the text, in the target content control
' But when the code completes and the document is displayed, the cursor is at the top of the page and not the range just selected!!
End Sub

[gmayor]

I am not sure that it has. I am pretty sure I have the latest build and that macro still works here as it should, leaving the selection in the content control.

[gmaxey]

Graham,

Strange. It is broke here with all versions of Word 2007. I can't say for sure, but it might have something to do with Windows10. Perhaps there some obscure setting somewhere. I'll have to investigate.

Thanks.

[gmaxey]

I write this while picking crow feathers from my teeth. Microsoft is not to blame. The wound was self inflicted. At some point, and for some reason that I fail to recall, I had added a line to class procedure that sets view and zoom for all documents when created or opened. It was causing this behavior.

Sorry for the false alarm.