Moving in a document

Moving by mouse

Scroll through a document by using the mouse. After scrolling, click where we want to start typing.

To	Do this
Scroll up one line	Click the up scroll arrow
Scroll down one line	Click the down scroll arrow
Scroll up one screen	Click above the scroll box
Scroll down one screen	Click below the scroll box
Scroll to a specific page	Drag the scroll box
Scroll left	Click the left scroll arrow
Scroll right	Click the right scroll arrow

For a quick way to scroll up or down one page, click Select Browse Object on the vertical scroll bar, and then click Browse by Page. Then click Next Page or Previous Page.

Moving by keyboard

Press (Keyboard key)	To move
LEFT ARROW	One character to the left
RIGHT ARROW	One character to the right
CTRL+LEFT ARROW	One word to the left
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW	One word to the right
CTRL+UP ARROW	One paragraph up
CTRL+DOWN ARROW	One paragraph down
UP ARROW	Up one line
DOWN ARROW	Down one line
END	To the end of a line
HOME	To the beginning of a line
ALT+CTRL+PAGE UP	To the top of the window
ALT+CTRL+PAGE DOWN	To the end of the window
PAGE UP	Up one screen (scrolling)
PAGE DOWN	Down one screen (scrolling)
CTRL+PAGE DOWN	To the top of the next page
CTRL+PAGE UP	To the top of the previous page
CTRL+END	To the end of a document
CTRL+HOME	To the beginning of a document

When the mouse pointer is positioned in an unmarked area to the left of a line (left margin). This area is called the selection bar. When the mouse is in this area, it can be used to highlight (select) text. To move the insertion point the I-beam at the location in the text where we want to be, then click the left mouse button or we can move it by using keyboard arrow keys.