Computer Basics

Keyboard Conventions

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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