[OIT] Weekly Tech Tip: Quickly Navigating Documents in MS Word

[Kate Goldberg]

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Goldberg (kgoldberg2@washcoll.edu).

Here is your first "Tech Tip" of the Week:

Quickly Navigating Documents in MS Word

You can quickly move around browse large documents in MS Word simply by
using keyboard commands. Keyboard commands help you save time when typing by
never having to remove your hand from the keyboard. Here are some keyboard
commands you can start using right now.

 1) To move your cursor to the beginning of a previous word in a sentence:

Mac Users: Press the "Apple Key" + the "Left Arrow Key"
Windows Users: Press the "Ctrl Key" + the "Left Arrow Key"

2) To move your cursor to the beginning of the next word in a sentence:

Mac Users: Press the "Apple Key" + the "Right Arrow Key"
Windows Users: Press the "Ctrl Key" + the "Right Arrow Key"

3) To move your cursor to the beginning of the previous paragraph in a
document:

Mac Users: Press the "Apple Key" + the "Up Arrow Key"
Windows Users: Press the "Ctrl Key" + the "Up Arrow Key"

4) To move your cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph in a document:

Mac Users: Press the "Apple Key" + the "Down Arrow Key"
Windows Users: Press the "Ctrl Key" + the "Down Arrow Key"

We hope you found this "Tech Tip" helpful. We'd love to hear from you.



 Attributed to Microsoft Word 2002 Help Page,
 http://microsoft.com/office/using/tips/archives/wordtips.asp

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