Moving Through a Document: keyboard shortcuts

The four arrow keys (Left, Right, Up and Down) and PgUp, PgDn, Home and End can be used to move through an open document.

Left: move cursor one character to the left

Right: move cursor one character to the right

Up: move cursor one line up

Down: move cursor one line down

Home: move cursor to beginning of line

End: move cursor to end of line

PgUp: move cursor to previous screen

PgDown: move cursor to next screen

Ctrl+Left: move cursor to previous word

Ctrl+Right: move cursor to next word

Ctrl+Up: scroll screen up

Ctrl+Down: scroll screen down

Ctrl+Home: move cursor to top of file

Ctrl+End: move cursor to bottom of file

Ctrl+PgUp: move cursor to previous page

Ctrl+PgDown: move cursor to next page

Alt+Left: move cursor to previous paragraph

Alt+Right: move cursor to next paragraph

Alt+Home: move cursor to previous note

Alt+End: move cursor to next note

Alt+[: move cursor to previous phrase

Alt+]: move cursor to next phrase

Ctrl+Alt+Left: move cursor to previous sentence

Ctrl+Alt+Right: move cursor to next sentence

For information on the use of the arrow keys in a right-to-left language like Hebrew or Arabic, see Lingua Cursor Movement.

Alt+Home/End is configurable. See Alt+Home/End Cursor Movement.