31 Aug, 2008
Keyboard shortcuts: Text Navigation & Editing
Posted by: mantoadmire In: Keyboard Shortcuts
When you open a document window in a word processing (or similar) program, a pointer appears in the upper-left corner of the window. The text you enter will appear at the pointer. In insertion mode, the new text is inserted into the existing text, the existing text is automatically pushed back to follow the new text. In overwrite mode, the new text overwrites the existing text. The following keys automatically scroll the window to keep the pointer in view when it is necessary. These keys also work in the text boxes of dialog boxes and list boxes.
Insert Toggles between overtype and insertion modes
Arrow Keys Moves the pointer one character in the direction of the arrow
Home or End Moves the pointer to the beginning or end of the current line
Page Up/Down Moves the pointer up or down
Ctrl+Right/Left Moves the pointer to the beginning of the next or previous word
Ctrl+Up/Down Moves the pointer to the beginning of the preceeding or next paragraph
Ctrl+Home/End Moves the pointer to the beginning or the end of the document
Delete Deletes the next character or the selected text
Backspace Deletes the previous character or the selected text
Ctrl+Z Undoes the last action
Ctrl+C Copies the selected text to the clipboard
Ctrl+X Cuts the selected text to the clipboard
Ctrl+V Pastes copied text from the clipboard
