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5 Advanced Text Editing Keyboard Shortcuts
If you spend most of your day inside a text editor/word processor, or if you’re just a power user, you will know a lot of the basic keyboard shortcuts. They speed up those recuring tasks like saving, copy/cut/paste, opening/closing files etc. But did you know there are some incredibly powerful shortcut keys just for text editing?
Here’s a list of 5 advanced text editing keyboard shortcuts that will speed up your work flow and make you wonder how you lived without them.
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Jump to next/previous word
Windows: Ctrl + left/right arrow.
Mac: Option key + left/right arrow. -
Jump to top/bottom of document
Windows: Ctrl + home/end.
Mac: Command + up/down arrow. -
Go to end/start of current line
Windows: home/end.
Mac: Command + left/right arrow. -
Select characters one at a time
Windows: Shift + left/right arrow.
Mac: Shift + left/right arrow. -
Select next/previous word
Windows: Shift + Ctrl + left/right arrow.
Mac: Shift + Option + left/right arrow. -
Bonus: Jump to end of next line
Mac: Option + up/down
I hope you enjoy your new found advanced text editing skills and feel free to leave any more you may have in the comments.