Microsoft Word Tip: Continue Editing a Document from Last Cursor Save Position

Last Updated on January 18, 2013

When editing large documents, sometimes you need a break and split up your time editing. With this tip for Word 2013, you’ll get back to the last spot you were at before closing it.

When you save a document in Word 2013, it also saves the location of the cursor. However, when you open a saved document the cursor will be back at the top. To change this all you have to do is press a keyboard shortcut and it will bring the cursor back to its last known position when the document was last saved.

To activate the hotkey, press Shift + F5 simultaneously. If the combination is pressed once it will bring your cursor back to the last position. If pressed multiple times it will scroll through the last few known positions.