As you enter and edit text, you move the insertion cursor using the mouse and keyboard cursor keys. Using the mouse, move the pointer to the new location in the document and click mouse button 1.
You can also use the keyboard cursor movement keys:
Key |
Cursor Movement |
---|---|
Up Arrow |
Up one line |
Down Arrow |
Down one line |
Left Arrow |
Left one character |
Right Arrow |
Right one character |
Control+Left Arrow |
Move left to previous word |
Control+Right Arrow |
Move right to next word |
Home |
Beginning of the current line |
End |
End of the current line |
Control+Up Arrow |
Beginning of the previous paragraph |
Control+Down Arrow |
Beginning of the next paragraph |
Control+Home |
Beginning of the document |
Control+End |
End of the document |
Control+G |
To the Line field in the status line |
If your keyboard uses different key labels, ask your system administrator to identify the corresponding keys.
Display the status line (see "To Display the Status Line").
Press Control+G or click in the Line field of the status line.
Type the line number you want to go to and press Return.
Select and drag the vertical scroll bar to view more text. Use the horizontal scroll bar to view long lines.
You can also use the scrolling keys:
Key |
Scroll Movement |
---|---|
Page Up |
Up one page |
Page Down |
Down one page |
Control+Page Up |
Left one page |
Control+Page Down |
Right one page |