How to move your cursor (insertion
point)
around in Word with your keyboard
To
MOVE the cursor to the ...
Hold the command button(s)
down,
then tap the secondary key
beginning of a document
+
beginning
of a line
top of the
screen
bottom of
the screen
end of the
line
end of the
document
+
next character
next line
down
next page
+
next word
+
previous character
previous
line
previous
page
+
previous
word
+
specified
page
+
previous
document or window
&
+
next document
or window
+
To
INSERT a ...
hard page
break
+
hard return
(new line of text)
hard space
(non-breaking)
&
+
hard hyphen
(non-breaking)
&
+
soft hyphen
+
To
Delete the ...
character
to the left
character
to the right
next word
+
previous
word
+
Typeover (replaces previously
typed text)
In columns, to MOVE ...
to the top
of the next column
+
to the top
of the previous column
+
In a dialog box, to ...
exit the
box without making changes
move to the
next control
move to the
previous control
+
perform the
modified actions
In a table, to
...
move right
one cell
move left
one cell
+
insert one
tab space
+
to the end
of a cell
to the beginning
of the cell
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