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Typing Inside Word

What is it?

  • Whether you’re writing in a word processor or typing an email in your browser, there are convenient keyboard shortcuts usable in almost every application. 

Ctrl + Shif + left arrow

Working With Words

  • We can add the Ctrl key to have them affect entire words or paragraph at the same time.

  • Hold Ctrl and press the arrow keys to move the cursor during typing.

Move cursor to the beginning of the paragraph.

Ctrl

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Move cursor to the begin of next word

Move cursor to the beginning of the previous word.

Move cursor to end of the paragraph.

Selecting Text

  • All of the above shortcuts can be combined with the Shift key to select text.

  • Hold Shift and press arrow keys to select a lines/characters.

Select lines one at a time.

Shift

+

Select characters one at a time.

  • Hold Shift, Ctrl and press arrow keys to select a paragraphs/words.

Select paragraphs.

Ctrl

Shift

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Select right words

Select left words.keep pressing the arrow keys to select additional words.

Select paragraphs.

  • For keyboard shortcuts in which you press two or more keys simultaneously, the keys to press are separated by a plus sign (+).

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