KEYBOARD & MOUSE SHORTCUTS FOR WORD XP & 2007
Keyboard Shortcuts for Moving Through a Document
Keyboard Shortcuts for Selecting Text
Mouse Shortcuts
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 |
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. |
