> I'm using PPT 2002 (XP), and I often want to go to the end of a line and tab out
> a couple of tab stops before adding more text. (I'm displaying program source
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> Scott
> What I tend to do in such situations is to press the Left-arrow key
> once before I start to type. If there is a hard-return the cursor
> moves to the end of the last (visible) character on the line. If
> there isn't, it backs up into the last word and I press Right-arrow to
> get to the end of the line.
Yes, I do this little cursor dance, too, but because it's ungodly stupid to have
to do it, sometimes I forget.
> I also find a quick Home-End correctl positions the cursor after the
> last character on the line and before the hard-return character.
This is a nice suggestion, thanks. Going to Home nicely addresses the problem
that going to End goes to the next line if you're already at the end of the
current line. Of course, if you're on an empty line, going to Home takes you to
the previous line, so it's still possible to shoot yourself in the foot.
Really, I think the MS people were on drugs (medication, I'm sure) when they
designed the behavior of the cursor movement keys.
Scott