KEYBOARD & MOUSE SHORTCUTS FOR WORD XP & 2007

Keyboard Shortcuts for Moving Through a Document
Keyboard Shortcuts for Selecting Text
Mouse Shortcuts

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Keyboard Shortcuts for Moving Through a Document

To move...	Press:
One word to the left	CTRL + ¬
One word to the right	CTRL + ®
One paragraph up	CTRL + –
One paragraph down	CTRL + ¯
One column to the left (in a table)	CTRL + –
One column to the right (in a table)	CTRL + ¯
To the end of a line	END
To the beginning of a line	HOME
Up one page	ALT + CTRL + PAGE UP
Down one page	ALT + CTRL + PAGE DOWN
Up one screen	PAGE UP
Down one screen	PAGE DOWN
To the top of a screen	CTRL + PAGE UP
To the bottom of a screen	CTRL + PAGE DOWN
To the end of a document	CTRL + END
To the beginning of a document	CTRL + HOME
To a previous revision	SHIFT + F5

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Keyboard Shortcuts for Selecting Text

To extend a selection...	Press:
One character to the right	SHIFT + ®
One character to the left	SHIFT + ¬
To the end of a word	CTRL + SHIFT + ®
To the beginning of a word	CTRL + SHIFT + ¬
To the end of a line	SHIFT + END
To the beginning of a line	SHIFT + HOME
One line down	SHIFT + ¯
One line up	SHIFT + –
To the end of a paragraph	CTRL + SHIFT + ¯
To the beginning of a paragraph	CTRL + SHIFT + –
One screen down	SHIFT + PAGE DOWN
One screen up	SHIFT + PAGE UP
To the end of a document	CTRL + SHIFT + END
To the beginning of a document	CTRL + SHIFT HOME
To include the entire document	CTRL + A
To a vertical block of text	CTRL + SHIFT + F8, then use the arrow keys ESC to cancel selection mode
To a specific location in a document	F8 + arrow keys ESC to cancel selection mode

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Mouse Shortcuts

To select...	Do this:
Any item or amount of text	Drag over the text you want to select.
A word	Double-click the word.
A line of text	Click in the selection bar to the left of the line.
Multiple lines of text	Drag in the selection bar to the left of the lines.
A sentence	Hold down CTRL and click anywhere in the sentence.
A paragraph	Double-click in the selection bar next to the paragraph, or triple-click anywhere in the paragraph.
Multiple paragraphs	Double-click and drag in the selection bar.
An entire document	Triple-click in the selection bar.
A vertical block of text (except within a table cell)	Hold down ALT and then drag.

 

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