Keyboard shortcuts to move the cursor in a document (Macintosh)

You can use different Macintosh keyboard shortcuts to move the cursor when you are creating or editing a mail message or a document.

You must be in edit mode to use the following shortcuts. Press COMMAND+E to put your document in edit mode.

Table 1. Cursor shortcuts

Shortcut

To move to

Command+Left Arrow

Beginning of current word

Command+Right Arrow

Beginning of next word

End (extended Macintosh keyboards only)

End of line

Home

Beginning of line

Shift+Tab

Previous field in a form

Shift+Tab

Previous row in table

Tab

Next field in a form

Tab

Next row in table