Re: Position of Cursor
Nick Spalding
on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:23:24 GMT:
> Is there an option (I can't see it) to allow the cursor to be automatically
> positioned at the bottom and not the top, so you don't have to scroll down
> to type your reply underneath, they cursor is there ready and waiting?
No, but Ctrl-End gets you there without scrolling.
Also it is often a good idea to delete quite a lot of the message you are
replying to leaving only the particular point you are responding to.
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Mark Lloyd
<bhx_spam@trapped__hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>Is there an option (I can't see it) to allow the cursor to be automatically
>positioned at the bottom and not the top, so you don't have to scroll down
>to type your reply underneath, they cursor is there ready and waiting?
CTRL-END positions the cursor there easily.
Anyway, one of the first things I learned when I started using Windows
is to position the cursor correctly before typing. That can be done
with the keyboard or with the mouse, whichever is most convenient.
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Mark Lloyd
<jai...@sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:
>On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:23:24 GMT, {{{{{Welcome}}}}}
><bhx_spam@trapped__hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>Is there an option (I can't see it) to allow the cursor to be automatically
>>positioned at the bottom and not the top, so you don't have to scroll down
>>to type your reply underneath, they cursor is there ready and waiting?
>
>There is not an option for that.
>
>The correct course of action is to go through the message, deleting
>the parts you're not commenting on and interspersing your replies.
>Blind bottom posting is almost as bad as top-posting.
>
And in some cases, worse.
> Cheers - Jaimie