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Sep 8, 2005, 09:08 AM
 
In AppleWorks the shortcut to scroll instantly to the top or bottom of a document it is :

 + upcursor = scroll to top.

 + downcursor = scroll to bottom.

What's the shortcut for doing this on MS Word for Mac?
     
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Sep 8, 2005, 09:48 AM
 
You would call this the ⌘ "command" keys, not  "Apple" keys.

Anyway, I don't have Word, but usually the keys to go to the start and end of a document are the ↖ "Home" and ↘ "End" keys. On a notebook you need to hold down the fn modifier key to get these keys.
     
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Sep 8, 2005, 11:31 AM
 
yes. hold the "fn" key rather than  in MS Office for Mac. It works.
     
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Sep 8, 2005, 11:37 AM
 
Originally Posted by david_copperfield
yes. hold the "fn" key rather than  in MS Office for Mac. It works.
... if you happen to be on a laptop...
     
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Sep 8, 2005, 11:53 AM
 
Hold the "option" key and the "home" or "end" key, depending on which direction you're going.
     
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Sep 9, 2005, 05:18 PM
 
Originally Posted by bbales
Hold the "option" key and the "home" or "end" key, depending on which direction you're going.
Thanks for replies. I sat staring at my keyboard but cannot find "home" or "end" key. If I press "fn" which keys becomes "home" / "end" ?
     
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Sep 9, 2005, 05:57 PM
 
Are you using a laptop or desktop? And if a desktop, are you using a regular extended keyboard? My home and end keys are below the F14 key.
And I'm not in front of my desktop, so I can't help you there, at the moment. BUT -- check the apple site, under "support." Do a search for "laptop keyboard."
     
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Sep 9, 2005, 06:14 PM
 
Originally Posted by bbales
Are you using a laptop or desktop? And if a desktop, are you using a regular extended keyboard? My home and end keys are below the F14 key.
And I'm not in front of my desktop, so I can't help you there, at the moment. BUT -- check the apple site, under "support." Do a search for "laptop keyboard."
I'm on a 12" G4 PowerBook. F14? What the? My F keys only go up to F12!

"Fn" and downcursor -- as suggested -- does fastrack me down the document, but some of my MS Word docs are dozens of pages long. What I want is a keyboard shortcut for jumping to the beginning or end.

Navigation plane? No. Way too many clicks just to do what AppleWorks gives me in one click (Control+Cursor). This shortcut takes you to the end of a line in MS Word, but not to the end of a doc.
     
   
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