Keyboard cursor movement

The cursor movement keys are an essential skill in text manipulation.

Skills learned here will apply right across all versions of all Windows desktop applications.

Use the right-, left-, down- and up-arrow keys to move around your text one character at a time.

Hold down the Ctrl key and tap the left- right- up- and down-arrow keys.
Ctrl-arrow moves one word at a time sideways, one paragraph at a time vertically..

Hold down the Ctrl key and tap the Home key.
Hold down the Ctrl key and tap the End key.
Ctrl-Home, Ctrl-End move to the start and end of a document.