KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS - Move the Insertion Point

Press	To move
LEFT ARROW	One character to the left
RIGHT ARROW	One character to the right
CTRL+LEFT ARROW	One word to the left
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW	One word to the right
CTRL+UP ARROW	One paragraph up
CTRL+DOWN ARROW	One paragraph down
SHIFT+TAB	One cell to the left (in a table)
TAB	One cell to the right (in a table)
UP ARROW	Up one line
DOWN ARROW	Down one line
END	To the end of a line
HOME	To the beginning of a line
ALT+CTRL+PAGE UP	To the top of the window
ALT+CTRL+PAGE DOWN	To the end of the window
PAGE UP	Up one screen (scrolling)
PAGE DOWN	Down one screen (scrolling)
CTRL+PAGE DOWN	To the top of the next page
CTRL+PAGE UP	To the top of the previous page
CTRL+END	To the end of a document
CTRL+HOME	To the beginning of a document
SHIFT+F5	To a previous revision
SHIFT+F5	To the location of the insertion point when the document was last closed

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS - Extend a Selection

Press	To
F8	Turn extend mode on
F8, and then press LEFT ARROW or RIGHT ARROW	Select the nearest character
F8 (press once to select a word, twice to select a sentence, and so forth)	Increase the size of a selection
SHIFT+F8	Reduce the size of a selection
ESC	Turn extend mode off

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS - Select Text and Graphics in a Table

Press	To
TAB	Select the next cell's contents
SHIFT+TAB	Select the preceding cell's contents
Hold down SHIFT and press an arrow key repeatedly	Extend a selection to adjacent cells
Click in the column's top or bottom cell. Hold down SHIFT and press the UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW key repeatedly	Select a column
CTRL+SHIFT+F8, and then use the arrow keys; press ESC to cancel selection mode	Extend a selection (or block)
SHIFT+F8	Reduce the selection size
ALT+5 on the numeric keypad (with NUM LOCK off)	Select an entire table

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS - Select Text and Graphics

Select text by holding down SHIFT and pressing the key that moves the insertion point.

Press	To extend a selection
SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW	One character to the right
SHIFT+LEFT ARROW	One character to the left
CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW	To the end of a word
CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW	To the beginning of a word
SHIFT+END	To the end of a line
SHIFT+HOME	To the beginning of a line
SHIFT+DOWN ARROW	One line down
SHIFT+UP ARROW	One line up
CTRL+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW	To the end of a paragraph
CTRL+SHIFT+UP ARROW	To the beginning of a paragraph
SHIFT+PAGE DOWN	One screen down
SHIFT+PAGE UP	One screen up
CTRL+SHIFT+HOME	To the beginning of a document
CTRL+SHIFT+END	To the end of a document
ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+PAGE DOWN	To the end of a window
CTRL+A	To include the entire document
CTRL+SHIFT+F8, and then use the arrow keys; press ESC to cancel selection mode	To a vertical block of text
F8+arrow keys; press ESC to cancel selection mode	To a specific location in a document

Tip   If you know the key combination to move the insertion point, you can generally select the text by using the same key combination while holding down SHIFT. For example, CTRL+RIGHT ARROW moves the insertion point to the next word, and CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW selects the text from the insertion point to the beginning of the next word.