Keyboard shortcuts to select and move text in a document

You can use keyboard shortcuts when you are creating or editing a mail message or a document.

You must be in edit mode to use these shortcuts. Press Ctrl+E to put your document in edit mode.

Table 1. Text shortcuts

Shortcut

Description

Arrow keys

Move cursor

Note: When the Scroll Lock key is on, arrow keys scroll the page; this is true in both edit mode and read mode.

Ctrl+A

Select all contents of document

Ctrl+C

Copy selected text or object

Ctrl+Down

Move item in list or table one row down

Ctrl+Up

Move item in list or table one row up

Ctrl+V

Paste text or object

Ctrl+X

Cut selected text or object

Delete

Delete selected graphic

Delete

Delete selected text or object

Shift+Ctrl+Down

Select text up to same point of next line

Shift+Ctrl+Left

Select previous word

Shift+Ctrl+Right

Select next word

Shift+Ctrl+Up

Select text up to same point of previous line

Shift+Ctrl+Down

Select text to end of current line, move focus to next line

Shift+End

Select text to end of current line

Shift+Home

Select text to beginning of current line

Shift+Left

Select previous character

Shift+Right

Select next character

Shift+Up

Select text to beginning of current line, move focus to previous line