There are two ways you can go to the end of a Word document. The first is to use a keyboard shortcut and the second is to create a macro. There are pros and cons of each approach. Here’s how to do it.
Using Keyboard – Go to end of MS Word document
If you want to go directly to the end of a Word document when its opens:
Press Ctrl+End
This takes you to the very last character in the document.
If you want to go back to the start of the document:
Press Ctrl+Home
Using Macros – Go to end of MS Word document
You can also setup a macro to do this.
To create a macro, add the following lines of code in the Autoopen macro:
Sub AutoOpen()
Selection.EndKey Unit:=wdStory
End Sub
Which is better?
If you simply want to go to the end of the document, then use Ctrl+End.
However, if you want to run several macros at the same time, for example, to change fonts, format the document and so on, then use the macro to bring you to the end of the document when it’s finished processing.
Does this work on your keyboard? What other shortcuts do you use in Microsoft Word?
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Ctrl + Home / End
InCopy CC (MacOS)
Go to beginning/end of story
Navigation Shortcuts
Command + Home / End
InCopy CC (Windows)
Select to the start/end of the line
Navigation Shortcuts
Shift + Home / End
HTML-Kit (Windows)
Go to End of Line
87 Shortcuts for HTML-Kit (Windows)
End
InCopy CC (MacOS)
Select to the start/end of the line
Navigation Shortcuts
Shift + Home / End
InCopy CC (Windows)
Select to beginning/end of story
Navigation Shortcuts
Ctrl + Shift + Home / End
Corel Ventura 10 (Windows)
Select End Node of Curve
Node Editing
End
InCopy CC (MacOS)
Select to beginning/end of story
Navigation Shortcuts
Command + Shift + Home / End
Corel Draw X8 (Windows)
Cursor to end of line
Cursor Moves Using Text Tool
End
Edius (Windows)
Move to end
General
END
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro (Windows)
Playback marker to end
PlayBack Functions
End
Final Fantasy XV (Windows)
Return camera to saved position
Camera
End
InCopy CC (MacOS)
Move to first/last cell in row
Tables
Option + Home / End
InCopy CC (Windows)
Move to first/last cell in row
Tables
Alt + Home / End
Kingsoft Writer 2016 (Windows)
Go to End of Line
Navigation Shortcuts
End
InCopy CC (MacOS)
Select first/last XML node
Working with XML
Home / End
InCopy CC (MacOS)
Extend selection to first/last XML node
Working with XML
Shift + Home / End
InCopy CC (Windows)
Select first/last XML node
Working with XML
Home / End
InCopy CC (Windows)
Extend selection to first/last XML node
Working with XML
Shift + Home / End
Adobe Captivate 2017 (Windows)
Stop recording
Recording
End
Apple Motion (MacOS)
Go to the end of project
TimeLine Editing and Navigation
End
Informix Genero 2.5.0 (Windows)
End of line
Cursor Movement Shortcuts
End
IBM Director (Windows)
Scroll down in Frame
14 Shortcuts for IBM Director (Windows)
End
FxPro (Windows)
Go to Latest Trend Bar
Navigation and Scrolling
End
Garageband 10 (MacOS)
Move forward by visible width of the timeline
General Shortcuts
End
MediaMonkey (Windows)
Select Last Track
Standard Keyboard Shortcuts
End
MPS 2017 (Windows)
Move the caret to the end of line
Basic Editing
End
MetaTrader MT4 (Windows)
Move Chart to End Point
Navigation
End
Vuze (Windows)
Move selected torrent(s) to Top/Bottom of List
General Shortcuts
Ctrl + Home / End
Vuze (MacOS)
Move selected torrent(s) to Top/Bottom of List
General Shortcuts
Command + Home / End
Soundforge (Windows)
Go to the last sample visible in the waveform display (or end of selection)
Cursor Movements
End
Vegas Pro 14 (Windows)
Go to end of time selection or viewable area (if no time selection)
Cursor Placement,Loop Region and Time Selection
End
VideoPad Video Editor (Windows)
Go to end
Timeline
End
VideoPad Video Editor (MacOS)
Go to end
Timeline
End
Libreoffice Writer (Windows)
Go to end of line
General
End
Visual Studio Code (Windows)
Go to End of line
Editing Shortcuts
End
GOM Player (Windows)
Next Subtitle Sync
Subtitles
End
Editpad 7 (Windows)
Move the text cursor to the End of the line
Cursor navigation keys
End
Quickbooks Desktop (Windows)
Go to beginning / go to end of account list
Chart of Accounts
Home / End
Synfig (Windows)
Jump to end of timeline
73 Shortcuts for Synfig (Windows)
End
Quickbooks Desktop (Windows)
Beginning of current field
General Editing
Home / End
Vegas Pro 14 (Windows)
Jump to left/right edge of image
RedEye Reduction
Home / End
Bitcomet (Windows)
Move selection to the bottom of the list
Task lists
End
RStudio (Windows)
Move cursor to end of line
Console
End
iClone 7 (Windows)
Go to End frame
Timeline Shortcuts
End
CityEngine (Windows)
Select next pattern
48 Shortcuts for CityEngine (Windows)
End
CityEngine (MacOS)
Select next pattern
48 Shortcuts for CityEngine (MacOS)
End
Visual Studio Code (Windows)
Scroll to top/bottom
Integrated Terminal
Ctrl + Home/End
Rhino (Windows)
Redo View
Default Shortcuts
End
Gigabyte Aorus motherboard
Open Q-Flash (BIOS flash utility)
POST screen shortcuts
End
Kate (Linux)
Move the cursor to the end of the line
29 Shortcuts for Kate (Linux)
End
Geany (Linux)
Go to End of Line
Moving around in the document
End
Geany (Windows)
Go to End of Line
Moving around in the document
End
Kate (Windows)
Move the cursor to the end of the line
38 Shortcuts for Kate (Windows)
End
RStudio (Windows)
Jump to start/end
Editing (Console and Source)
Ctrl + Home/End / Ctrl + Up/Down
ChessBase 13
Go to end of notation
Board window
End
RStudio (MacOS)
Jump to start/end
Editing (Console and Source)
Command + Home/End / Command + Up/Down
Most used text editing
Move cursor to end of current line
Moving the cursor
End
RStudio (Windows)
Select page start/end
Editing (Console and Source)
Ctrl + Shift + Home/End
Comodo IceDragon (Windows)
Go to Bottom of Page
Viewing, Printing and Saving Current Page
End
RStudio (MacOS)
Select page start/end
Editing (Console and Source)
Command + Shift + Home/End
Source Insight (Windows)
End of Line
General
End
Wordfast Pro (Windows)
Line End
100 Shortcuts for Wordfast Pro (Windows)
End
Wordfast Pro (MacOS)
Line End
100 Shortcuts for Wordfast Pro (MacOS)
End
PhotoFiltre (Windows)
Last image
Navigation keys
End
RStudio
Move cursor to end of line
Console
End
KiCad 5.0.2
Double click
Page Layout Editor
End
Place Anywhere (Fallout 4 mod)
Turn object physics on (make it static if possible)
General
End
Comodo IceDragon (Windows)
Seek to the end
Audio and Video Shortcuts
End
DaVinci Resolve 14 (Windows)
Go to Timeline End
Playback
End
DaVinci Resolve 14 (MacOS)
Go to Timeline End
Playback
End
KiCAD (Windows)
End Track
PCB
End
KiCAD (Linux)
End Track
PCB
End
KiCAD (MacOS)
End Track
PCB
End
KiCAD (Linux)
Edit Item
PCB
End
FEKO (Windows)
Move to end of line
General EDITFEKO Shortcuts
End
KiCAD (Windows)
Edit Item
PCB
End
Inkscape (Windows)
Lower selection to bottom
Objects
End
KiCAD (MacOS)
Edit Item
PCB
End
FEKO (Linux)
Move to end of line
General EDITFEKO Shortcuts
End
Modo (Windows)
Reset the Work Plane
Work Plane
End
Ulead PhotoImpact 8 (Windows)
Scroll image horizontally
Miscellaneous
Home / End
Inkscape (MacOS)
Lower selection to bottom
Object
End
Ableton Live 9 (Windows)
Move Insert Marker to End
Clip View MIDI Editor
End
Modo (MacOS)
Reset the Work Plane
Work Plane
End
LDCad
2: While the mouse is inside the animation panel it will seek the last frame instead
Editor
End
LDView
Last step
Steps
End
Ableton Live 9 (MacOS)
Move Insert Marker to End
Clip View MIDI Editor
End
Inkscape (MacOS)
Set pen width to 1 or 100
Calligraphy tool
Home / End
Bus Simulator 18
Finish trip
Special
End
Foxit Reader (Windows)
Last Page
30 Shortcuts for Foxit Reader (Windows)
End
gThumb (Linux)
View the last image
Viewer
End
Foxit Reader (Linux)
Last Page
30 Shortcuts for Foxit Reader (Linux)
End
Foxit Reader (MacOS)
Last Page
30 Shortcuts for Foxit Reader (MacOS)
End
Xyplorer
First/Last image
Other Shortcuts
End
WavePad Sound Editor (Windows)
Go to End
Move And Select Operations
End
WavPad Sound Editor (MacOS)
Go to End
Move And Select Operations
End
Altium Designer (Windows)
Redraw the screen
Common Schematic and PCB Editor Shortcuts
End
DaVinci Resolve 15 (Mac)
Go to timeline end
Playback
End
gThumb (Linux)
Go to the last file in the browser view
Navigation
End
Inkscape (MacOS)
Set brush width by 1
Tweak tool
Home / End
MuseScore (Windows)
End of Score
Navigation Shortcuts
End
AVS Audio Editor (Windows)
Move cursor to the end of the waveform on the Timeline
Navigation
End
MuseScore (MacOS)
End of Score
Navigation Shortcuts
End
AVS Video Editor (Windows)
Project end
Timeline Shortcuts
End
MindManager v19 (Windows)
Move topic top/bottom (remains on same level in hierarchy)
Most used — Move topics
Ctrl + Alt + Home / End
NetSuite
Go to the last page of the report
Viewing reports
End
Please Note:
This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003. If you are using a later version (Word 2007 or later), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for later versions of Word, click here: Jumping to the Start or End of a Document.
Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated September 20, 2021)
This tip applies to Word 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
When you are creating a macro, there are many times you want to move to the beginning or end of your document. The exact syntax for how you do this depends on whether you are using WordBasic or VBA. If you are programming in VBA, you use the HomeKey and EndKey methods of the Selection object. For instance, the following two lines will move the cursor to the beginning of the document, and then to the end:
Selection.HomeKey Unit:=wdStory Selection.EndKey Unit:=wdStory
If you want to select everything from the current position to the beginning or end of the document, you simply add the Extend method. The following will select everything from the current location to the beginning of the document:
Selection.HomeKey Unit:=wdStory, Extend:=wdExtend
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Visual Basic for Applications is the language behind the Office apps that allows you to automate tasks. But using VBA in Word has its challenges. The first is moving around in a document because of all the different types of content: Text, pictures, tables and so on. In this tutorial, I’ll show you two simple VBA procedures for navigating. One identifies the beginning of a Word document, and the other identifies the document’s end.
I’m using Microsoft 365 on a Windows 10 64-bit system, but you can use an earlier version. You may access the demo files here. Word for the web doesn’t support VBA.
SEE: Google Workspace vs. Microsoft 365: A side-by-side analysis w/checklist (TechRepublic Premium)
About Microsoft Word VBA’s ActiveDocument
The main VBA component that we’ll rely on in both procedures is the ActiveDocument property, which returns a Document object that represents the active document. In other words, this opens the document, as a whole. You won’t need this for every VBA procedure in Word, but you will need it when you need to reference “parts” of the document.
If no Word document is open, this property returns an error. If you’re using this property from inside Excel or PowerPoint, you should include error-handling for this situation.
This property uses the following form:
expression.ActiveDocument
where expression is a variable that represents the Application object (Word). Fortunately, in Word, this is implicitly implied.
The next piece of VBA we’ll use is the Range method, which uses the form
expression.Range(start, end)
to return a Range object. We’ll use this method to identify an area of the document.
There’s no method that says “go to the beginning,” or “go to the end,” so we’ll use the start and end arguments to identify both. Both arguments are optional, and as you might suspect, start identifies the first character position and end identifies the last character position.
Now, let’s move on to the actual VBA procedures.
How to use VBA to find the beginning of a Word document
Moving the cursor to the beginning of a Word document using VBA is amazingly simple. Listing A shows the procedure. First, the procedure declares and defines a range object, using 0s to identify the beginning of the document. Two 0s will place the cursor before any content in the active document. The second line adds a bit of text and the vbNewLine constant adds a new line.
Listing A
Sub GoToStart()
'Move cursor to the beginning of the active document.
'Add a short text phrase to show it worked.
Dim rBegin As Range
Set rBegin = ActiveDocument.Range(0, 0)
rBegin.Text = "This is the beginning of this document." & vbNewLine
End Sub
Now let’s look at the second procedure that moves the cursor to the end of a document.
How to use VBA to find the end of a Word document
As mentioned, there is no method that says “go to the end,” so we need to force the issue by finding the last character. It is a bit more complex, but not difficult, as shown in Listing B. This procedure works similar to the first, but it enters the text at the end of the document, which it finds by using the Last property of the Characters object.
This time we positioned the vbNewLine constant before the text.
Listing B
Sub GoToEnd()
'Move cursor to the end of the active document.
'Add a short text phrase to show it worked.
Dim rEnd As Range
Set rEnd = ActiveDocument.Range.Characters.Last
rEnd.Text = vbNewLine & "This is the end of this document."
End Sub
How to enter and run the VBA procedures into a Word document
Now it’s time to enter both procedures for use in a Word document. I’m using a short two-page Word document, shown in Figure A, with a variety of content saved as a macro-enabled Word file. If you are using a ribbon version, you must save the Word document as a macro-enabled file to run VBA. If you’re working in the menu version, you can skip this step.
Figure A
To enter the VBA procedures, press Alt + F11 to open the Visual Basic Editor (VBE). In the Project Explorer to the left, select ThisDocument. You can enter the code manually or import the downloadable .cls file. In addition, the procedure is in the downloadable .docm and .doc files. If you enter the code manually, don’t paste from this web page. Instead, copy the code into a text editor and then paste that code into the ThisDocument module. Doing so will remove any phantom web characters that might otherwise cause errors.
Now let’s run the procedures as follows:
- Click the Developer tab.
- Choose Macros in the Code group.
- In the resulting dialog, choose GoToStart (Figure B).
- Click Run.
As you can see in Figure C, the procedure inserts text and a line break at the beginning of the Word document. Now let’s repeat this process but choose GoToEnd (Figure B). This procedure inserts a line break and a bit of text to the end of the Word document, as you can see in Figure D.
Figure B
Figure C
Figure D
One thing you might notice is that both of the inserted sentences use different formats. These sentences, like any other, will use the format in place. This is worth remembering if you want inserted text to use a specific format instead.
Most likely, you won’t want to work through all those steps to run this macro. I recommend that you add it to the Quick Access Toolbar or a custom group. If you need help with that, read How to add Office macros to the QAT toolbar for quick access.
Stay tuned
Both VBA procedures are simple — both the procedures themselves and the tasks they complete. The goal is to show you how to navigate to both spots using VBA. Over the next few months, I’ll devote a few articles to more navigational VBA in Microsoft Word documents.
In my vba code I need to go to the end of the word document.
The vba is written and executed from Excel.
The statement : Selection.EndKey unit:=wdStory, Extend:=wdMove » will not run.
Can anyone explain where I do the mistyping.
I have tried to use the statement in other vba codes, but without success.
Sub InsertFromFilesTestEnd()
Dim wrdApp As Word.Application
Dim wrdDoc As Word.Document
Set wrdApp = New Word.Application
Set wrdDoc = wrdApp.Documents.Open("c:userspeterdocumentsdirekte 0302 1650.docm")
wrdApp.Visible = True
wrdApp.Activate
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Selection.EndKey unit:=wdStory, Extend:=wdMove
End Sub
Hopefully you can guide me to the end of my document. When so, I am sure I can use «selection» to move around in the document.
asked Feb 8, 2019 at 13:04
2
The issue here is that Selection isn’t qualified to which application’s Selection you are wanting. As such, it’s using the default for Excel VBA, which would be the Excel Application in which the VBA was launched. Implicitly you are saying:
Application.Selection.EndKey unit:=wdStory, Extend:=wdMove
The error is because Excel’s Application.Selection object doesn’t have an EndKey method and so VBA has no idea what you are trying to do here.
Instead you want to qualify that Selection with the instance of the Word.Application object you are already working with:
wrdApp.Selection.EndKey unit:=wdStory, Extend:=wdMove
answered Feb 8, 2019 at 13:57
JNevillJNevill
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Using Selections in cases like this is quite unnecessary. Aside from being inefficient, it’s also prone to producing a lot of screen flicker. Try, for example:
Sub InsertFromFilesTestEnd()
Dim wrdApp As Word.Application
Dim wrdDoc As Word.Document
Set wrdApp = New Word.Application
With wrdApp
.Visible = True
.ScreenUpdating = False
Set wrdDoc = .Documents.Open("c:userspeterdocumentsdirekte 0302 1650.docm")
With wdrDoc
.Range.Characters.Last.InsertFile FileName:="MyFileName", Range:="", _
ConfirmConversions:=False, Link:=False, Attachment:=False
End With
.Activate
.ScreenUpdating = True
End With
End Sub
answered Feb 10, 2019 at 20:30
macropodmacropod
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