Move the Insertion Point
To move the insertion point in your document, simply position your mouse pointer where you want to type, and then click. The mouse pointer indicates where you can type by changing to an I-beam
.
You can also use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move up, down, left, or right. The up and down arrow keys move the insertion point up or down one line at a time, while the left and right arrow keys move the insertion point one character at a time.
Move around the Document 1
The vertical and horizontal scrollbars at the edge of Word’s document window let you use your mouse to move around an open document. You move up and down, a line at a time, by clicking the up
and down
scroll buttons. To scroll up or down a screen at a time, click anywhere on the scrollbar above or below the scroll handle
(box).
When you click and drag the scroll handle, Word moves up or down the document in the direction you drag until you reach the beginning or end.
The left
and right
scroll buttons let you scroll to the left and right when the document is viewed at a width larger than the Microsoft Word window.
You can also use keyboard shortcuts to quickly navigate to various points in your document:
- Press HOME to move to the beginning of a line, and END to move to the end of a line.
- Press Ctrl + HOME to move to the beginning of the document, and Ctrl + END to move to the end of the document.
- Press Page Up to move up one screen, and Page Down to move down one screen.
- Press Ctrl + Page Up to move to the top of the previous page, and Ctrl + Page Down to move to the top of the next page.
Move Around the Document 2
When viewing and editing long documents, it’s much easier to browse page by page, or to jump directly to a specific page, than it is to use the arrow keys or mouse to scroll screen by screen. Microsoft Word provides methods for browsing the document page by page (or item by item, if you’re browsing by graphics, for example) and for moving directly to a specified page (or item) in a document.
To browse the document page by page (or item by item), click the Next and Previous buttons on the vertical scrollbar of the document window:
- First, click the Select Browse Object
button, located near the bottom of the vertical scrollbar. - In the menu that pops up, select the type of item you want to find in your document.

For example, select
to move from page to page in your document.
- Click the Next
or Previous
button to go to the next or previous item (for example, page) in the document.
To go directly to a specific page (or item, such as a graphic) within the document:
- Open the Edit menu and select Go To, or press Ctrl + g on your keyboard.
The Find and Replace dialog opens to the Go To tab.

- Under Go to what, make sure Page is selected.
Tip:
As you can see, you can jump to many types of items in a document, not just a page. For instance, to go to a graphic, select Graphic instead of Page.
- Enter the page number you want to go to and click the Go To button (which appears after you enter the page number).
Tip:
In most cases, you don’t have to enter anything into the field; you can browse item by item simply by clicking Next.
When a Word document includes hyperlinks, you can use these to navigate to the linked-to locations, both within and outside the document. Just click the hyperlink, and Word jumps to the location, opening another file if necessary.
Word also opens the Web toolbar, which you can use to move back
to your original location and forward
to the location whose link you followed.

















