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Moving the Cursor with the Keyboard

Moving the cursor with the mouse can be fast and easy. However, touch-typists often find that moving the cursor with the keyboard is more convenient and sometimes faster too. The previous table lists different keystroke combinations you can use to move the cursor.

You can move the cursor with both the keyboard and the mouse.

Keystroke Shortcuts for Moving the Cursor in Word
Keystroke What It Does
Up Arrow Moves the cursor up one line
Down Arrow Moves the cursor down one line
Left Arrow Moves the cursor left one character
Right Arrow Moves the cursor right one character
Ctrl + Up Arrow Moves the cursor up to the beginning of the previous paragraph
Ctrl + Down Arrow Moves the cursor down to the beginning of the next paragraph
Ctrl + Left Arrow Moves the cursor left one word
Ctrl + Right Arrow Moves the cursor right one word
Page Up Moves the cursor up one screen
Page Down Moves the cursor down one screen
Ctrl + Page Up Moves the cursor to the top of the previous page
Ctrl + Page Down Moves the cursor to the top of the next page
Home Moves the cursor to the beginning of the line
Ctrl + Home Moves the cursor to the beginning of a document
End Moves the cursor to the end of the line
Ctrl + End Moves the cursor to the end of a document
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In this tutorial:

  1. Typing Text in MS-Word
  2. Moving the Cursor with the Mouse
  3. Moving the Cursor with the Keyboard
  4. Viewing a Document
  5. Navigating through a Document
  6. Finding and Replacing Text
  7. Checking Your Spelling
  8. Checking Your Grammar
  9. Proofreading Your Document
  10. Typing Symbols