Moving, to the extreme – Use the Home and End keys to navigate
Home Key -> Go to the beginning
End Key -> Go to the end
Excel Extra
Some programs don’t take you to the very end using these keys, but instead to the end of the line. Try holding the “Ctrl” key when using Home/End to navigate further
Benefit
We’ve covered moving around the cursor, but sometimes we want to go to the start or end of a document, web page, Excel spreadsheet (you know, the 15000 line ones). The “Home” and “End” keys never get any love, but they should. Next time you want to jump to the beginning or end of a line of text, or a web page, give this a go. You only really see the benefit when dealing with long strings of text, or boring PDF manuals, but give it a try now. Habits are built off of repetition!
Try it out
- Click inside the text box above to try moving from the beginning to the end of each line using the keyboard
- Click outside of the text box and move to the start and end of this page
Pro Tip
Use in conjunction with “Shift” to select text from your cursor to the beginning or end of the line