Word Navigation Shortcuts Part 4 – the Ctrl+Shift+Left arrow, Ctrl+Shift+Right arrow, Ctrl+Shift+Up arrow, Ctrl+Shift+Down arrow, Ctrl+Shift+End, Ctrl+Shift+Home keys, have you used them?
This week’s hint and tip is on Word Navigation shortcuts part 4. Part 4 of these shortcuts covers the Ctrl+Shift+Left arrow, Ctrl+Shift+Right arrow, Ctrl+Shift+Up arrow, Ctrl+Shift+Down arrow and the Ctrl+Shift+End and Ctrl+Shift+Home Key shortcut keys. Some of these are covered on our Basic Word training course but not all are necessarily covered, so we decided to do a hint and tip on them. We are going to go through them now below.
Ctrl+Shift+Left Arrow Keyboard Shortcut
The Ctrl+Shift+Left arrow keyboard shortcut can be used in Word to select one word to the left of where the cursor is. To use this shortcut firstly click into your Word document. From here press the Ctrl key followed by the Shift key and finally the left arrow key. This will have then selected one word to the left of where your cursor is.
Ctrl+Shift+Right Arrow Keyboard Shortcut
Another useful keyboard shortcut in Word is Ctrl+Shift+Right arrow key. This shortcut will select one word to the right of where the cursor is. To begin with, first click into your Word document. Once in the document, press the Ctrl key followed by the Shift key and then finally followed by the right arrow key. This will have then selected one word to the right of where your cursor is.
Ctrl+Shift+Up Arrow Keyboard Shortcut
The Ctrl+Shift+Up arrow keyboard shortcut can be used in Word to select one paragraph up from where the cursor is. To use this firstly click into your Word document. From here press the Ctrl key followed by the Shift key and finally the up arrow key. This will have then selected one paragraph up from where your cursor is.
Ctrl+Shift+Down Arrow Keyboard Shortcut
Another useful keyboard shortcut in Word is Ctrl+Shift+Down arrow key. This will select one paragraph down from where the cursor is. To begin with, first click into your Word document. Once in the document press the Ctrl key followed by the Shift key and finally followed by the down arrow key. This will have then selected one paragraph down from where your cursor is.
Shortcuts for using the End and Home Keys alongside the Ctrl and Shift keys
There are many keys on your keyboard that you use on a daily basis but then there are also some that tend to get ignored a bit. These keys often have useful shortcut options and the End and Home keys are two of these. We are going to look at shortcuts for these two keys alongside the Ctrl and Shift keys on your keyboard.
The Ctrl+Shift+End key selects text from the cursors position to the end of the document. Whereas the Ctrl+Shift+Home key selects text from the cursors position to the beginning of the document.
Summary of the Shortcuts above…
- Ctrl+Shift+Left Arrow: selects one word to the left of where cursor is
- Ctrl+Shift+Right Arrow: selects one word to the right of where cursor is
- Ctrl+Shift+Up Arrow: selects one paragraph up from where cursor is
- Ctrl+Shift+Down Arrow: selects one paragraph down from where cursor is
- Ctrl+Shift+End Key: selects text from the cursors position to the end of the document
- Ctrl+Shift+Home Key: selects text from the cursors position to the beginning of the document
The video below shows you how you can use these shortcuts in your documents to save you time. Some of these you might know already but some you might not!
Take a look below at the video to find out more and then try them out on your own computer!
We hope you have enjoyed this hint and tip on Word Navigation shortcuts part 4. Why not take a look at our previous video hint and tip on part 5 of our Word shortcuts?