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Image: iStockphoto.com/SomnathDC You're probably familiar with a few ways to move the insertion point in a Word document. For example, pressing an arrow key moves the insertion point in that arrow's respective direction.
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Handout: Word 2010 Tips and Shortcuts Topics came directly from Microsoft Word 2010 Help. ICT Training, Maxwell School of Syracuse University Page 5 Create a new Style Styles can be defined as a series of text formatting that can be applied quickly to paragraphs and characters. There are many shortcuts for common functions in Microsoft Word. These shortcuts or commands can come in handy when typing a report or term paper, or even a letter.It is a good idea to try some of these functions before you actually begin a project.
You can also use the mouse to click and double-click to reposition the insertion point. Fortunately, there are many ways to move around a document, and the more options you know, the more efficiently you'll work. This article reviews keystroke shortcuts and features that allow for quick and easy movement through a document. More about Office.
I'm using Word 2016 on a Windows 10 64-bit system, but most of these tricks will work in older versions. There's no demonstration file to download; you won't need one. SEE: Keystroke shortcuts Everyone loves keyboard shortcuts, and there are several for navigating. We'll start with those you'll probably use the most. Pressing Home moves the insertion point to the beginning of the current line.
Pressing Ctrl+Home moves it to the beginning of the document. Specifically, this combo moves the insertion point to the space before the first character in your document.
Similar to Home, the End key moves the insertion point to the end of the current line and Ctrl+End moves to the space after the last character on the last page. The following combos will also make big moves, but not quite as big:.
Ctrl+PgUp moves one page up. Ctrl+PgDn moves one page down. PgUp moves one screen up. PgDn moves one screen down.
Ctrl+down arrow moves down one paragraph. Ctrl+up arrow moves up one paragraph.
Ctrl+left arrow moves one word to the left. Ctrl+right arrow moves one word to the right. To navigate the Ribbon, press Alt and then the right or left arrow key to move between the groups. Table A lists the keystroke combination shortcuts listed in this section. Microsoft Weekly Newsletter Be your company's Microsoft insider with the help of these Windows and Office tutorials and our experts' analyses of Microsoft's enterprise products.
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