Navigation
| Below you’ll find some helpful keystrokes for navigating a large Microsoft Word document. |
| Move to the top of document |
Ctrl + Home |
| Move to the bottom of document |
Ctrl + End |
| Go to a specific page of the document |
F5 |
| Expand/ Collapse Ribbon |
Ctrl + F1 |
Combining Documents
| There are two methods for combining documents in Microsoft Word. You can simply use the cut, copy, and paste commands to paste text from one document into another.You can also use insert text from one document to another using the Text from File function on the Insert tab. |
Cutting and Pasting Between Two Documents
Step 3 – Use the Copy or Cut commands to add your text selection to the clipboardStep 4 – Switch to document A and move the text cursor (insertion point) to where you’d like the text selection from document B to be addedStep 5 – Paste text from clipboard
| Lets say we have two documents: document A and document B. We’d like to copy the text out of B and paste it into A. |
| Step 1 – Open both documents |
| Step 2 – Select the text from document B that you’d like to add to document A |
| Select by character |
Shift + Left or Right Arrow |
| Select by word |
Shift + Insert + Left or Right Arrow (using JAWS or MAGic) |
| Select by line |
Shift + Up or Down Arrow |
| Select all |
Ctrl + A |
| Copy – adds the selected text to clipboard |
Ctrl + C |
| Cut – adds the selected text to clipboard and deletes selection |
Ctrl + X |
| Switch between open applications |
Alt + Tab |
| Paste |
Ctrl + V |
| Undo |
Ctrl + Z |
Using the Insert Tab
Lets again say we have two documents: document A and document B. We’d like to insert document B at the end of document A.
| Step 1 – Open document A |
| Step 2 – Move the text cursor (insertion point) to where you’d like the text selection from document B to be added |
| Step 3 – Switch to the Insert tab |
| Move focus to the Insert Tab |
Alt, then N |
| Step 4 – Open the Objects dropdown menu and select Text from file… |
| Open Text from file |
Alt, then N, then J, then F |
| Step 5 – Using the Windows File Explorer Dialog, select document B |
| Note that you can choose to add multiple documents at once using this method. Simple use shift to select multiple documents in the Windows File Explorer Dialog. |
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