What is the shortcut key to move to the End of the document in word?

Use Keyboard Shortcuts to Move Around Quickly in Your Word Documents

by Avantix Learning Team | Updated February 14, 2021

Applies to: Microsoft® Word® 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 or 365 (Windows)

In Microsoft Word, you can save lots of time if you can move around quickly in your documents. You can use keyboard shortcuts to jump to the beginning or end of your document and move up or down by page or paragraph. In this article, we've put together a great list of navigation shortcuts to help you be more productive with Word.

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1. Go to the beginning of the document

Press Ctrl + Home to move to the beginning of the document.

2. Go to the end of the document

Press Ctrl + End to move to the end of the document.

3. Go to the beginning of the current line

Press Home to move to the beginning of the current line.

4. Go to end of the current line

Press End to move to the end of the current line.

5. Go one page up

Press Ctrl + PgUp to move up one page. PgUp moves up by screen only.

6, Go one page down

Press Ctrl + PgDn to move down one page. PgDn moves down by screen only.

7. Go up one paragraph

Press Ctrl + up arrow to move up one paragraph.

8. Go down one paragraph

Press Ctrl + down arrow to move down one paragraph.

9. Go one word to the right

Press Ctrl + right arrow to move one word to the right.

10. Go one word to the left

Press Ctrl + left arrow to move one word to the left.

11. Go to the last edit location

Press Shift + F5 (on some keyboards, press Fn + Shift + F5) to move to the last edit location (this occurs automatically in newer versions of Word when you open the file). Repeat to go to the last 3 edit locations.

You can save lots of time in Word using keyboard shortcuts for navigation. In an upcoming article, we'll look at other ways of quickly moving around in your documents.

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What is the shortcut key to move to the End of the document in word?

There are two ways you can go to the end of a Word document. The first is to use a keyboard shortcut and the second is to create a macro. There are pros and cons of each approach. Here’s how to do it.

What is the shortcut key to move to the End of the document in word?

Using Keyboard – Go to end of MS Word document

If you want to go directly to the end of a Word document when its opens:

Press Ctrl+End

This takes you to the very last character in the document.

If you want to go back to the start of the document:

Press Ctrl+Home

Using Macros – Go to end of MS Word document

You can also setup a macro to do this.

To create a macro, add the following lines of code in the Autoopen macro:

Sub AutoOpen()
Selection.EndKey Unit:=wdStory
End Sub

Which is better?

If you simply want to go to the end of the document, then use Ctrl+End.

However, if you want to run several macros at the same time, for example, to change fonts, format the document and so on, then use the macro to bring you to the end of the document when it’s finished processing.

Does this work on your keyboard? What other shortcuts do you use in Microsoft Word?

How do you move to the end of a word document?

Try these handy Microsoft Word navigation keyboard shortcuts the next time you want fast ways to move in your longer Word documents: Go to the end of a document: [Ctrl]+[End] Go to the beginning of a document: [Ctrl]+[Home] Go to the bottom of a screen: [Ctrl]+[Page Down]

What is the shortcut key to move to the end of the line?

Ctrl+End is a keyboard shortcut that moves the cursor to the end of a document.

How do you move a page to the end of the document?

Right-click to move a page On the page sorter, right-click the page number that you want to move, and then click Move Page on the shortcut menu. In the Move Page dialog box, select the options that you want, and then click OK.

What is Ctrl end in word?

Deletes word to the left of cursor. Ctrl + End. Moves the cursor to the end of the document. Ctrl + Home. Moves the cursor to the beginning of the document.