The most common way to navigate through text is to use use the keyboard's cursor keys, the scroll bars, or the mouse's scroll wheel.
The keystrokes most commonly used to navigate through a document are:
Keystroke | Description |
Up | Moves the insertion point up one line |
Down | Moves the insertion point down one line |
Left | Moves the insertion point left one character |
Right | Moves the insertion point right one character |
Home | Moves the insertion point to the first character on the line; pressing Home a second time moves the insertion point to the leftmost column |
End | Moves the insertion point to the end of the line |
PageUp | Moves the insertion point up one page |
PageDown | Moves the insertion point down one page |
Ctrl+Left | Moves the insertion point left one word |
Ctrl+Right | Moves the insertion point right one word |
Ctrl+Home | Moves the insertion point to the start of the document |
Ctrl+End | Moves the insertion point to the end of the document |
Alt+Up | Moves the insertion point up five lines |
Alt+Down | Moves the insertion point down five lines |
Ctrl+Up | Scrolls the document up one line in the window without moving the insertion point |
Ctrl+Down | Scrolls the document down one line in the window without moving the insertion point |