Opening, Moving Around in, and Closing Files 47
If you open a document that is too long to fit entirely on the screen, you can bring
off-screen content into view without changing the location of the cursor by using the
vertical scroll bar in the following ways:
● Click the scroll arrows to move up or down by one line.
● Click above or below the scroll box to move up or down by the height of one
window.
● Drag the scroll box on the scroll bar to display the part of the document corre-
sponding to the location of the scroll box. For example, dragging the scroll box
to the middle of the scroll bar displays the middle of the document.
If the document is too wide to fit on the screen, Word displays a horizontal scroll bar
that you can use in similar ways to move from side to side.
You can also move around in a document by moving the cursor. To place the cursor in a
specific location, you simply click there. To move the cursor one page backward or for-
ward, you click the Previous Page and Next Page buttons below the vertical scroll bar.
You can also press a keyboard key to move the cursor. For example, pressing the Home
key moves the cursor to the left end of a line.
Tip The location of the cursor is displayed on the status bar. You can also display its location
by page, section, line, and column, and in inches from the top of the page. SImply select the
option you want from the status bar shortcut menu.
The following table lists ways to use your keyboard to move the cursor.Cursor movement Key or keyboard shortcut
Left one character Left Arrow
Right one character Right Arrow
Down one line Down Arrow
Up one line Up Arrow
Left one word Ctrl+Left Arrow
Right one word Ctrl+Right Arrow
To the beginning of the current line Home
To the end of the current line End
To the beginning of the document Ctrl+Home
To the end of the document Ctrl+End
To the beginning of the previous page Ctrl+Page Up
To the beginning of the next page Ctrl+Page Down
Up one screen Page Up
Down one screen Page Down