The more you can use the keyboard for getting around or doing tasks in programs or online, the faster you will be.  Also, the same keyboard commands often work in situations where you can’t find the command elsewhere in the program you are using. So get to know some of these shortcuts gradually. Commit to picking out one a day to focus on.  You’ll be amazed at how quickly you remember and use them.

These are the shortcuts I teach in my beginning Word class.

Getting around a document or a page using the keyboard: 

Key

Moves Your Cursor:
HOME Beginning of the line
Ctrl + Home Top of the document
END End (right side) of line
Ctrl + End Bottom of the document
CTRL +  right arrow Word-by word
CTRL + down arrow Moves your cursor down paragraph by paragraph

 Selecting text: 

Select What

Do this:
Select character-by-character Shift  + Right Arrow
Select word-by word Double-click on the word
Select sentence CTRL + click on sentence
Paragraph Triple-click on the paragraph
Select blocks of text.  Click once at your starting point, Shift-click at your ending point. Click at your starting point, SHIFT + Click at ending point
Select Vertical blocks of text Hold ALT key down and drag over text.
Select ALL (the entire document!) Get right-pointed arrow in the left margin and CTRL + Click

Other cool shortcuts:

Task

Do This:
Find words or phrases CTRL + F, Type in word or phrase, click Next
Tab (indent) mid-paragraph line CTRL + Tab
Double space CTRL + 2
Single space CTRL + 1
1.5 Space CTRL + 5
Page Break CTRL + Enter
Switch to other windows Hold ALT key down, press TAB
Undo CTRL + Z