How do I scroll to the end/beginning of a document -Windows Vista

[Phyllis]

I have a new Viao with Windows Vista but cannot work out how to get to the
top or end of a document in Word. There are keys with blue writing on the
bottom right of the keyboard with 'Home', 'End' etc, but when I press 'End'
it just takes me to the end of the line - not the end of the document. I have
to use the scroll bar which is too slow. Thanks for any advice!

 

[Jay Freedman]

I have a new Viao with Windows Vista but cannot work out how to get to the
top or end of a document in Word. There are keys with blue writing on the
bottom right of the keyboard with 'Home', 'End' etc, but when I press 'End'
it just takes me to the end of the line - not the end of the document. I have
to use the scroll bar which is too slow. Thanks for any advice!

The standard shortcut keys in Word for moving to the beginning and end of the
document are Ctrl+Home and Ctrl+End. As you noted, Home and End without the Ctrl
key move only in the current line.

These shortcuts and dozens of others are listed in the help topic "Keyboard
shortcuts for Microsoft Office Word". To start the help, press the F1 key or
click the small blue circle with a question mark in the upper right corner of
Word's window.

 

[Lene Fredborg]

Press Ctrl+Home to go to the start and Ctrl+End to go to the end of the
document.

--
Regards
Lene Fredborg - Microsoft MVP (Word)
DocTools - Denmark
www.thedoctools.com
Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word

 

[JoAnn Paules]

They brand name doesn't make a difference

From the Help file:
Move by one preview page when zoomed out. PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN
Move to the first preview page when zoomed out. CTRL+HOME
Move to the last preview page when zoomed out. CTRL+END

 

[grammatim]

What do those _mean_? What does the zoom setting have to do with the
functioning of Ctrl+Home?

Why does it refer to "preview pages" instead of the beginning and end
of the file?

They brand name doesn't make a difference

From the Help file:
Move by one preview page when zoomed out. PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN
Move to the first preview page when zoomed out. CTRL+HOME
Move to the last preview page when zoomed out. CTRL+END

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

I have a new Viao with Windows Vista but cannot work out how to get to the
top or end of a document in Word. There are keys with blue writing on the
bottom right of the keyboard with 'Home', 'End' etc, but when I press
'End'
it just takes me to the end of the line - not the end of the document. I
have
to use the scroll bar which is too slow. Thanks for any advice!-

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I suspect they may be referring to the action of those keys in Print
Preview. AFAIK, they work the same way when zoomed in.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

What do those _mean_? What does the zoom setting have to do with the
functioning of Ctrl+Home?

Why does it refer to "preview pages" instead of the beginning and end
of the file?

They brand name doesn't make a difference

From the Help file:
Move by one preview page when zoomed out. PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN
Move to the first preview page when zoomed out. CTRL+HOME
Move to the last preview page when zoomed out. CTRL+END

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

I have a new Viao with Windows Vista but cannot work out how to get to
the
top or end of a document in Word. There are keys with blue writing on
the
bottom right of the keyboard with 'Home', 'End' etc, but when I press
'End'
it just takes me to the end of the line - not the end of the document. I
have
to use the scroll bar which is too slow. Thanks for any advice!-

 

[Jay Freedman]

Yes, the Word 2007 help topic is laid out in some bizarre order, and the
shortcuts for navigating in Print Preview come a long way before those for
navigating in any other view.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all
may benefit.

I suspect they may be referring to the action of those keys in Print
Preview. AFAIK, they work the same way when zoomed in.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

What do those _mean_? What does the zoom setting have to do with the
functioning of Ctrl+Home?

Why does it refer to "preview pages" instead of the beginning and end
of the file?

They brand name doesn't make a difference

From the Help file:
Move by one preview page when zoomed out. PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN
Move to the first preview page when zoomed out. CTRL+HOME
Move to the last preview page when zoomed out. CTRL+END

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

I have a new Viao with Windows Vista but cannot work out how to get to
the
top or end of a document in Word. There are keys with blue writing on
the
bottom right of the keyboard with 'Home', 'End' etc, but when I press
'End'
it just takes me to the end of the line - not the end of the document. I
have
to use the scroll bar which is too slow. Thanks for any advice!-

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Copied directly from the Help file.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



What do those _mean_? What does the zoom setting have to do with the
functioning of Ctrl+Home?

Why does it refer to "preview pages" instead of the beginning and end
of the file?

They brand name doesn't make a difference

From the Help file:
Move by one preview page when zoomed out. PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN
Move to the first preview page when zoomed out. CTRL+HOME
Move to the last preview page when zoomed out. CTRL+END

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

I have a new Viao with Windows Vista but cannot work out how to get to
the
top or end of a document in Word. There are keys with blue writing on
the
bottom right of the keyboard with 'Home', 'End' etc, but when I press
'End'
it just takes me to the end of the line - not the end of the document. I
have
to use the scroll bar which is too slow. Thanks for any advice!-

 

[CyberTaz]

That's exactly what Home & End by themselves are supposed to do. The strokes
for beginning/end of document involve the use of the Control key with those
keys.

However, on most laptops - regardless of brand - there is a key that must be
used to access the additional addressability of keys such as those that are
labeled in blue or some other color. It's typically marked as the Fn key,
but could be something else - check the documentation or Help for your
laptop. My guess is that the strokes you wish would be:

Fn+Control+Home
Fn+Control+End

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[grammatim]

So you said. It couldn't have come from anywhere else ... merely
demonstrating how much "Help" has degenerated. What ever happened to
"contextual help"?

Copied directly from the Help file.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"


What do those _mean_? What does the zoom setting have to do with the
functioning of Ctrl+Home?

Why does it refer to "preview pages" instead of the beginning and end
of the file?

They brand name doesn't make a difference

From the Help file:
Move by one preview page when zoomed out. PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN
Move to the first preview page when zoomed out. CTRL+HOME
Move to the last preview page when zoomed out. CTRL+END