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Most used text editing keyboard shortcuts
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First published at 2/26/2018 on https://defkey.com/text-editing-shortcuts


Most used text editing has 47 shortcuts and we have listed all of them
below.



Editing words
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On Mac, use Option instead of the Ctrl key.

Ctrl + Left arrow       Move cursor to beginning of previous word
Ctrl + Right arrow      Move cursor to beginning of next word
Ctrl + Backspace        Delete previous word
Ctrl + Del              Delete next word
Ctrl + Up arrow         Move cursor to beginning of paragraph
Ctrl + Down arrow       Move cursor to end of paragraph


Moving the cursor
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Home                    Move cursor to beginning of current line
End                     Move cursor to end of current line
Ctrl + Home             Move cursor to top of the text entry field
Ctrl + End              Move cursor to bottom of the text entry field
Page Up                 Move cursor up a page/frame
Page Down               Move cursor down a page/frame


Selecting text
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Shift + Left arrow / Right arrow Select characters one at a time
Shift + Up arrow / Down arrow Select lines on at a time
Shift + Ctrl + Up arrow / Down arrow Select paragraphs
Shift + Home            Select the text between the cursor and the beginning of the current line
Shift + End             Select the text between the cursor and the end of the current line
Shift + Ctrl + Home     Select the text between the cursor and the beginning of the text entry
field
Shift + Ctrl + End      Select the text between the cursor and the end of the text entry field
Shift + Page Down       Select a frame of text below the cursor
Shift + Page Up         Select a frame of text above the cursor
Ctrl + A                Select all text

You can use these shortcuts in a sequence to tweak your selection. For
example press Shift + Home to select text to the beginning of current line,
then press Shift + Up to also select line above it.

While a text is selected, you don't need to press Delete or Backspace. Just
start typing to replace the text.



Editing text
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Ctrl + C                Copy selected text
Ctrl + Insert           Copy selected text
Ctrl + X                Cut selected text
Shift + Del             Cut selected text
Ctrl + Z                Undo
Ctrl + Y                Redo
Del                     Delete character to the right
Shift + Enter           In some rich text editors, this will mean a "soft return" or line break. It
moves you to a new line without ending the paragraph. In many messaging
programs, this shortcut will allow you to begin a new line without sending
the message


Formatting
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Formatting shortcuts are only available in rich text editors.

Ctrl + B                Bold
Ctrl + I                Italic
Ctrl + U                Underline

In languages other than English, sometimes these shortcuts gets a different
letter. For example in Turkish, some programs may use Ctrl + K instead of
Ctrl + B.



Functions
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Most text editing programs will recognize these shortcuts.

Ctrl + F                Opens find text dialog in most applications
F3                      Find next occurence of last searched string
Shift + F3              Find previous occurence of last searched string
Ctrl + O                Open
Ctrl + S                Save
Ctrl + N                Create a new document
Ctrl + P                Print
Alt                     Activate program's menu bar. You can then use arrow keys to select a menu
and press Enter or down arrow key to open the menu
Alt + F                 Open File menu
Alt + D                 
Alt + E                 Open Edit menu
Alt + Z                 
Alt + V                 Open View menu
Alt + M                 

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