Move to the end of the document or Command–Down Arrow does seem to work!

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Move to the end of the document or Command–Down Arrow does seem to work!

The document is not that sophisticated, it is long at 80 pages. The command works on the same computer but for other documents. I use this feature a lot as it is a log file. Any help would be appreciated.

MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.5.7), 3G iPod nano 8 Gb, 1.42 G4 mini

Posted on Jul 8, 2009 10:23 AM

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Peggy

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Jul 8, 2009 11:41 AM in response to Scott Fox

I find that ⌘ + up/down arrow doesn't work if the cursor is not in the text layer of a word processing document. If the cursor is in a table or if an object is selected it won't work. I also can't get it to work in a page layout document if an object is selected.

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KOENIG Yvan

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Jul 8, 2009 12:08 PM in response to Peggy

Peggy wrote:
I find that ⌘ + up/down arrow doesn't work if the cursor is not in the text layer of a word processing document. If the cursor is in a table or if an object is selected it won't work. I also can't get it to work in a page layout document if an object is selected.

As there is no main text layer in Page Layout, it's a coherent behavior.

In fact, it's not a problem because the Home and the End keys do the same job in all cases.

Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE mercredi 8 juillet 2009 21:08:04)

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Scott Fox Author

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Jul 8, 2009 9:27 PM in response to Scott Fox

Yes, and the opposite or the "Move to the beginning of the document
" or Command–Up Arrow works perfectly. The document is a simple text document with a few pictures added, and I have tried the putting my curser in various location and the effect is always the same, to move to the end is not possible.

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KOENIG Yvan

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Jul 9, 2009 2:10 AM in response to Scott Fox

I apologize but here command + up_arrow behaves exactly like command + down_arrow.

If we are clicking in the document's window it rings mut don't move the cursor.

If the cursor is in a text box, a picture or a shape, the item is moved.

If we click in the rulers we move to the top or to the bottom of the document.

In a Word processor document the cursor location doesn't change the shortcut's behavior.

I repeat that Home and End are moving to top or to bottom in all circumstances in both modes.

So, I uses the arrows shortcuts only to move objects in Page Layout mode.

Given the point of view, it's a drawback or its an interesting feature.

Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE jeudi 9 juillet 2009 11:09:21)

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Scott Fox Author

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Jul 9, 2009 9:27 PM in response to Scott Fox

I experimented further. I used a Apple USB keyboard and the home and end buttons work perfectly. The document goes to the start and end as expected. I also copied the entire contents of the word processing document to a new file and strangely the problem persisted in the new document. It too, failed to execute the move to the end of the document.

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KOENIG Yvan

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Jul 10, 2009 9:25 AM in response to Scott Fox

Scott Fox wrote:
I also copied the entire contents of the word processing document to a new file and strangely the problem persisted in the new document. It too, failed to execute the move to the end of the document.

What is the meaning of these sentences ?

Are you saying that the command-Down Arrow behaves the same ? It's normal !
Are you saying that on this one Home and End behave wrongly? This would be odd.

Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE vendredi 10 juillet 2009 18:25:41)

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