Horizontal Arrow Keys
The < (left arrow) on the keyboard will move your cursor left one character and the > (right arrow) on the keyboard will move your cursor right one character.
If you hold down the SHIFT key while moving < or > you will select text as you move.
If you hold down the CTRL (control) key while moving < or > you will move word by word.
If you hold down the SHIFT and CTRL key while moving < or > you will select word by word.
Vertical Arrow Keys
The ^ (up arrow) and the v (down arrow) on the keyboard move your cursor up and down respectively, line by line.
If you hold down the SHIFT key while moving ^ or v you will select text as you move.
If you hold down the CTRL (control) key while moving ^ or v you will move paragraph by paragraph. (Every Enter is considered a paragraph).
If you hold down the SHIFT and CTRL key while moving ^ or v you will select paragraph by paragraph.
Home Key
The HOME key takes to you the beginning of the current line.
If you hold down the SHIFT key when you press the HOME key you will select text from where the cursor is blinking to the beginning of the line.
If you hold down the CTRL (control) key when you press the HOME key you will move to the beginning of the document.
If you hold down the SHIFT and CTRL key when you press the HOME key you will select from where the cursor is blinking to the beginning of the document.
End Key
The END key takes you to the end of the line.
If you hold down the SHIFT key when you press the END key you will select text from where the cursor is blinking to the end of the line.
If you hold down the CTRL key when you press the END key you will move to the end of the document.
If you hold down the SHIFT and CTRL key when you press the END key you will select from where the cursor is blinking to the end of the document.
Backspace and Delete
The Backspace key erases text backwards, from right to left, backing over the text.
The < (left arrow) on the keyboard will move your cursor left one character and the > (right arrow) on the keyboard will move your cursor right one character.
If you hold down the SHIFT key while moving < or > you will select text as you move.
If you hold down the CTRL (control) key while moving < or > you will move word by word.
If you hold down the SHIFT and CTRL key while moving < or > you will select word by word.
Vertical Arrow Keys
The ^ (up arrow) and the v (down arrow) on the keyboard move your cursor up and down respectively, line by line.
If you hold down the SHIFT key while moving ^ or v you will select text as you move.
If you hold down the CTRL (control) key while moving ^ or v you will move paragraph by paragraph. (Every Enter is considered a paragraph).
If you hold down the SHIFT and CTRL key while moving ^ or v you will select paragraph by paragraph.
Home Key
The HOME key takes to you the beginning of the current line.
If you hold down the SHIFT key when you press the HOME key you will select text from where the cursor is blinking to the beginning of the line.
If you hold down the CTRL (control) key when you press the HOME key you will move to the beginning of the document.
If you hold down the SHIFT and CTRL key when you press the HOME key you will select from where the cursor is blinking to the beginning of the document.
End Key
The END key takes you to the end of the line.
If you hold down the SHIFT key when you press the END key you will select text from where the cursor is blinking to the end of the line.
If you hold down the CTRL key when you press the END key you will move to the end of the document.
If you hold down the SHIFT and CTRL key when you press the END key you will select from where the cursor is blinking to the end of the document.
Backspace and Delete
The Backspace key erases text backwards, from right to left, backing over the text.
The Delete key erases text forwards from left to right erasing text after the cursor.
Delete is more universally used throughout windows to remove objects such as images, table cell contents, and files.
Backspace is used fundamentally for text only.
If you hold down the CTRL key when you press Backspace or Delete, it will erase word by word.
