Word For Dummies

Chapter 3

To and Fro in a Document

IN THIS CHAPTER

Using the scroll bars

Moving the insertion pointer

Getting around with keyboard shortcuts

Getting lost and getting back

Using the Go To command

Computer screens today are larger than those doinky, hot-and-heavy, 14-inch CRT monitors from ages back. A modern monitor is nice and roomy, wide as the wild west — but not really that tall.

Despite its ample real estate, the computer screen can never capture the true depth of a Word document. You could orient the monitor vertically, providing you have good neck muscles. Still, your written efforts most likely extend across multiple pages. No, it’s best to employ Word’s various techniques that let you hop, skip, and jump around your document hither, thither, and yon.

Document Scrolling

It’s ironic that the word scroll is used when referring to an electronic document. The scroll was the first form of portable recorded text, existing long before bound books. On a computer, scrolling is the ...