Word: Navigation and Selection
Updated 2010.09.03
Objectives
- Learn how to move the cursor and
select text in Word.
Navigation with the keyboard
|
To
do this… |
Press
this key |
|
Beginning
of line |
Home |
|
End
of line |
End |
|
Beginning
of document |
Ctrl+Home |
|
End
of document |
Ctrl+End |
|
Next word |
Ctrl+Right-arrow |
|
Previous word |
Ctrl+Left-arrow |
|
Previous screen |
PgUp |
|
Next screen |
PgDn |
|
Previous page |
Ctrl+PgUp |
|
Next page |
Ctrl+PgDn |
Selection with the keyboard
To
select any text, hold the shift key down while applying any
navigation keys (see above).
To
select entire document (All):................... Ctrl+A
Selecting with the
mouse!
It was almost impossible
to select more than 1 screen worth of text by dragging the mouse before Word 2002. Microsoft slowed down the
scrolling in Word 2002, so now it is possible to select large amounts of
text with the mouse. However, it is still probably easier to select text by
holding the shift key down while
applying keyboard mouse-movement commands (like the arrow keys).
|
To
do this… |
Do
this with the mouse |
|
Select a word |
Double-Click on the word |
|
Select a paragraph |
Triple-Click on the paragraph |
|
To select entire document (All): |
Triple-click in left margin (when cursor flips, like this:
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