Pick Up Where You Left

Microsoft Word is used by many users for documentation. A big challenge while creating a new document or editing an existing document is to switch between sections to make changes. Another bigger challenge is to remember where you were, within the document, the previous time you used the document.

In MS Office 2013 version, MS Word introduced a new feature, Pick up where you left. This helps you go to exact location where you were at the time of closing the document.

Out of Sight, Out of Mind 

Users are doing multi-tasking all the time (although multi-tasking is a myth). They rarely remember what they say, think, or do. If the task is important enough, it comes to your mind again and again - psychologists call it Call Rehearsal. If the task is not important enough, one cannot rely on the knowledge in the head to remind you at the right time.

When you are going about your day to day life, hustling kids to school, reaching office on time, picking up your spouse from office to home and getting daily chores done, remembering where you left off on a word document is the least thing to remember.

External reminders are not just helpful, but necessary!