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This list of Keyboard Short cuts will help you quickly find your way around a Microsoft Word document.

• Move Left One Character – Left Arrow
• Move Right One Character – Right Arrow
• Move Left One Word – CTRL+Left Arrow
• Move Right One Word – CTRL+Right Arrow
• Move Up One Line – Up Arrow
• Move Down One Line – Down Arrow
• Move Up One Paragraph – CTRL+Up Arrow
• Move Down One Paragraph – CTRL+Down Arrow
• Move to the start of the line – Home
• Move to the end of the line – End
• Move to the start of the document - CTRL+Home
• Move to the end of the document – CTRL+End
• Move to the top of the current page – CTRL+Page Up
• Move to the top of the next page – CTRL+Page Down
• Move to the top of the Window – ALT+CTRL+Page Up
• Move to the bottom of the Window – ALT+CTRL+Page Down
• Scroll up one screen - Page Up
• Scroll Down one screen – Page Down
• Goto a specific element (ie page, line number, comment) – CTRL+G
• Return to location you were working when the document was closed - SHIFT+F5 (only works when you first open a document)
• Go to the last place you edited – SHIFT+F5

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