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Brandon Martinez

Posts Tagged ‘Text’

 

Mac Tip: Navigate Text by Word

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If you use a Mac, there are tons of text navigation tools at your disposal. One of the little known is navigating text by word:

  • Move your cursor between words: alt + Left or Right Arrow Key. This lets you jump between words in a sentence. This is helpful when you find that you mistyped a word earlier in a sentence, and you don’t want to use your mouse to move your cursor to the right spot.
  • Move your cursor between paragraphs: alt + Up or Down Arrow Key. This lets you jump to the beginnings and ends of paragraphs, and is very useful when navigating large amounts of text.
  • Delete the previous word: alt+delete. If you want to delete the last word you typed, this combination is handy.
  • Delete the next word: alt+forward delete (fn+delete on laptops). Similar to the previous tip, this deletes the word in front of your cursor.

Do you have any other text navigation tips?

Update: Added the paragraph navigation tip.