How to Use Keyboard Commands to Move Around in a Document

You can move around in a document by using various keyboard commands. If you are working on a long document, keyboard commands can be much faster than scrolling. These instructions are for Windows computers only.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Computer Keyboards
• Computers

1. Hold down the Control key and tap the Home key (Control+Home) to go to the beginning of a document.

2. Hold down the Control key and tap the End key (Control+End) to go to the end of a document.

3. Hit the Home key to go the beginning of a line.

4. Hit the End key to go to the end of a line.

5. Tap the right arrow key on your keyboard to move one space to the right. To move one space to the left, tap the left arrow key.

6. Tap the up arrow key on your keyboard to move up one line. To move down one line, tap the down arrow key.

7. Use Page Up to move up one screen view. Use Page Down to move down one screen view.

8. Press the Tab key to move forward one tab indent. The exact space that you move is determined by your computer setup. Press Backspace to move backward through tab settings.

9. Press the Escape key to exit special applications that may be running.

Tips & Warnings

• Keyboards featuring a Windows key permit the use of several special keyboard shortcuts.
• Various software applications may not permit the use of these keyboard commands. If they don't work, you'll have to scroll.