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Master Navigation Keyboard Shortcuts


The Problem:

I'm sick and tired of navigating with the mouseevery time I move my hand over to it, it wastes a couple of seconds. But moving around with the arrow keys sucks even more.

The Solution:

Use the keyboard shortcuts shown in Table 3-3 to navigate quickly around your documents. If you want to select text, hold down the Shift key while you press the keyboard shortcut.

Table 3-3. Keyboard shortcuts for navigating in documents

Keyboard shortcut

Moves (or, with Shift, selects)

Ctrl+

One word to the left, or to the start of the current word

Ctrl+

One word to the right, or to the end of the current word

Ctrl+

To the beginning of the current paragraph (if the insertion point is in it) or the beginning of the previous paragraph

Ctrl+

To the beginning of the next paragraph

Ctrl+Home

To the beginning of the document, text box, or other story (for example, a header)

Ctrl+End

To the end of the document, text box, or other story


Tip: Word calls the separate components of a documentthe main document, text boxes, and other such itemsstories.

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