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You can use the Go To feature in Microsoft Word to navigate long documents easily. Go to a page, section, line, or object in a snap.

When you have a lengthy Word document, navigating it can be a challenge. You might include a table of contents for your reader to jump to the section they want. However, for writers and editors, the table of contents isn’t the best way to move around a document.

There’s another option—using the Go To feature in Microsoft Word; you can pop right to the spot you want. You can quickly go to a page, line, or section, but you can also jump to a table, comment, or object.

Here’s what you’ll need to do to use this feature in Microsoft Word.

Open the Go To Tool in Microsoft Word

You can open the Go To tool using the menu or a keyboard shortcut in Word on Windows and Mac.

On Windows, go to the Home tab, click the drop-down arrow next to Find, and select Go To. Alternatively, press Ctrl + G.

Select Home, Find, Go To in Word on Windows

On Mac, click Edit > Find > Go To from the menu bar or press Option + Command + G.

Select Edit, Find, Go To in Word on Mac

Go to the Next or Previous Item in Word

Once you open the Go To tool, you should be on the Go To tab. If not, select it at the top.

On the left, choose where you’d like to go from the list. You can pick a page, section, line, bookmark, comment, and more.

Choose Go To What in Microsoft Word

If you want to move to the next item in your document, you can click Next.

For example, if you choose Page and click Next, you’ll go to the following page. If you continue to click Next, you’ll go to each subsequent page with every click.

Go to the next page

And if you want to go back, click Previous. As with Next, each click of the Previous button takes you back to each item, one by one.

Go to an Item Number or Name

If you want to go to a particular spot in your document, then you can use the box on the right to enter a number or choose a name for the item. Here are a couple of examples.

To jump to a particular page, section, line, footnote or endnote, table, graphic, equation, or heading, enter the number in the box. For instance, you may want to jump to line 25 in your document. So you would select Line from the list, enter “25” in the box, and click Go To.

Go to line 25

Select a name from the drop-down box for a specific bookmark, comment, field, or object.

For example, if you want to go to a comment you added, choose Comment, select your name in the drop-down box, and click Next.

Go to a comment

If you want to go to an Excel chart you inserted, select Object, choose Microsoft Excel Chart in the drop-down box and click Next.

Go to an Excel Chart object

Move Relative to Your Current Spot

Another handy way to use the Go To tool is to jump ahead or behind your current location in the document. Here are a couple of examples.

Maybe you want to jump ten pages forward from the current page. Select Page, enter “+10” in the box, and then click Go To. You will then move ahead by ten pages.

Go 10 pages ahead

You can also go back from your current spot. Say you want to move back five sections—select section, enter “-5” in the box, and then click Go To to do this.

Go 5 sections back

Remember to use a plus sign (+) to go forward and a minus sign (-) to go backward. These symbols only work for those items that allow for a number to be entered in the box, as described earlier.

Navigating is Easy Using Go To in Microsoft Word

If you have a long Word document containing many sections, tables, or lines, the Go To tool allows you to move around quickly. You can use this tool to find specific sections, make changes, or review your work in a non-linear fashion.

For more, take a look at how to find and replace text in Word or how to find and replace formatting in both Word and Excel.

Please Note:
This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Word in Microsoft 365. If you are using an earlier version (Word 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Word, click here: Jumping to a Line Number.

Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated June 27, 2020)
This tip applies to Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Word in Microsoft 365


Word allows you to move the insertion point to any line number in your document by using the Go To command. This can be very helpful, particularly if you have line numbers turned on in your document. To take advantage of this ability to jump to a specific line number, follow these steps:

  1. Press F5. Word displays the Go To tab of the Find and Replace dialog box. (See Figure 1.)
  2. Figure 1. The Go To tab of the Find and Replace dialog box.

  3. On the left side of the dialog box, make sure that you indicate you want to go to a line.
  4. Enter the line number to which you want to move.
  5. Click on Next (Word 2007 and Word 2010) or Go To (Word 2013 and later versions) or press Enter.

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This tip (8957) applies to Microsoft Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Word in Microsoft 365. You can find a version of this tip for the older menu interface of Word here: Jumping to a Line Number.

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I see there’s a lot of good answers already, but this should provide the closest to native OSX functionality as possible in more than just your shell. I verified that this works in ZSH, Bash, node, python -i, iex and irb/pry sessions (using rb-readline gem for readline, but should work for all).

Open the iTerm preferences +, and navigate to the Profiles tab (the Keys tab can be used, but adding keybinding to your profile allows you to save your profile and sync it to multiple computers) and keys sub-tab and enter the following:

Delete all characters left of the cursor

+←Delete Send Hex Codes:

0x15 More compatible, but functionality sometimes is to delete the entire line rather than just the characters to the left of the curser. I personally use this and then overwrite my zsh bindkey for ^U to delete only stuff to the left of the cursor (see below).

or

0x18 0x7f Less compatible, doesn’t work in node and won’t work in zsh by default, see below to fix zsh (bash/irb/pry should be fine), performs desired functionality when it does work.

Delete all characters right of the cursor

+fn+←Delete or +Delete→ Send Hex Codes: 0x0b

Delete one word to left of cursor

+←Delete Send Hex Codes:

0x1b 0x08 Breaks in Elixir’s IEX, seems to work fine everywhere else

or

0x17 Works everywhere, but doesn’t stop at normal word breaks in IRB and will instead delete until it sees a literal space.

Delete one word to right of cursor

+fn←Delete or +Delete→ Send Hex Codes: 0x1b 0x64

Move cursor to the front of line

+ Send Hex Codes: 0x01

Move cursor to the end of line

+ Send Hex Codes: 0x05

Move cursor one word left

+ Send Hex Codes: 0x1b 0x62

Move cursor one word right

+ Send Hex Codes: 0x1b 0x66

Undo

+z Send Hex Codes: 0x1f

Redo typically not bound in bash, zsh or readline, so we can set it to a unused hexcode which we can then fix in zsh

++Z or +y Send Hex Codes: 0x18 0x1f

Now how to fix any that don’t work

For zsh, you can setup binding for the not yet functional
+←Delete and ++Z/+y by running:

# changes hex 0x15 to delete everything to the left of the cursor,
# rather than the whole line
$ echo 'bindkey "^U" backward-kill-line' >> ~/.zshrc

# binds hex 0x18 0x7f with deleting everything to the left of the cursor
$ echo 'bindkey "^X\x7f" backward-kill-line' >> ~/.zshrc

# adds redo
$ echo 'bindkey "^X^_" redo' >> ~/.zshrc

# reload your .zshrc for changes to take effect
$ source ~/.zshrc

I’m unable to find a solution for adding redo in bash or readline, so if anyone know a solution for either of those, please comment below and I’ll try to add them in.

For anyone looking for the lookup table on how to convert key sequences to hex, I find this table very helpful.

Jump to: Word Shortcuts to Navigate Documents, Word Shortcuts to select Words and Paragraphs, Word Shortcuts to Format Text and Align Text, Word Shortcuts to Align Text, Headings, and Paragraph Spacing, Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy and Paste Word Shortcuts, Word Shortcuts for Special Characters, Word Shortcuts for Find and Replace, Word Shortcuts to Open, Close, Manage, and Print Documents, Word Shortcuts to Manage Views, Split Screen and Multiple Documents, Word Shortcuts for Date, Time, and other Fields, Word Shortcuts for Outline View, Word Shortcuts for Tables

Arrow Keys

Move one character to left/right or one line up/down

Ctrl+Arrow Left/Arrow Right

Move one word to the left/ to the right

Home/End

Jump to beginning/ to end of the line

Ctrl+Arrow Down/Arrow Up

Jump to next/ to previous paragraph

Page Down/Page Up

Jump up one screen/ down one screen

Ctrl+Alt+Page Up/Page Down

Jump to beginning/ end of the screen

Ctrl+Home/End

Jump to beginning/ to end of document

Ctrl+G or F5

Go to a page, bookmark, footnote, table, comment, graphic, or other location

Alt+Ctrl+Z

Go back to previously edited location in document (up to 4 places)

Shift+F5

Go to the last change or revision. Also works after opening document.

Ctrl+Shift+F5

Set, go to and edit bookmarks

Shift+Arrow Keys

Select/ extend selection by one character left/ right or one line up/ down

Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Left/Arrow Right

Select/ extend selection by one word

Shift+Home/End

Select/ extend selection to beginning/ to end of the line

Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Up/Arrow Down

Select/ extend selection by one paragraph up/ down

Shift+Page Up/Page Down

Select/ extend selection up one screen/ down one screen

Shift+Ctrl+Alt+Page Up/Page Down

Jump to beginning/ end of the screen

Ctrl+A

Select All

Click left of line

Select line

Double-click left of line

Select paragraph

Triple-click left of line

Select document

Double-click on word

Select word

Triple-click on word

Select paragraph

F8

Set extended selection mode; use arrow keys

2x F8

Select word, then press Escape to exit selection mode.

3x F8

Select sentence , then press Escape to exit selection mode

4x F8

Select paragraph, then press Escape to exit selection mode

5x F8

Select document, then press Escape to exit selection mode

Shift+F8

Go backwards in extending selection

Esc

Exit selection mode

Press and hold Alt+left-drag mouse

Select vertically

Ctrl+Shift+F8, then arrow keys

Select vertically

Delete

Delete character to the right of cursor

Ctrl+Delete

Delete word to the right of cursor

Backspace

Delete character to the left of cursor

Ctrl+Backspace

Delete word to the left of cursor

Alt+Shift+F or Ctrl+D

Open the Font dialog box (or Font Dialog box if you prefer to memorize D)

Ctrl+Space

Clear most formatting from selection (bold, underline, italic, color, etc)

Ctrl+Shift+N

Apply Normal style

Ctrl+Shift+8

Toggle display of hidden formatting symbols

Ctrl+B

Apply/remove Bold

Ctrl+I

Apply/remove Italic

Ctrl+U

Apply/remove Underline

Ctrl+Shift+D

Apply/remove Double-underline

Ctrl+Shift+W

Apply/remove Words underline (only words, no spaces)

Shift+F3

Change text between all upper-, first letter upper- and all lower-case

Ctrl+Shift+A

Apply/remove Capitalization format

Ctrl+Shift+K

Apply/remove Small Caps format

Ctrl+=

Apply/remove subscript

Ctrl+Shift+=

Apply/remove superscript

Ctrl+[/]

Decrease / Increase font size one point

Ctrl+Shift+</>

Decrease / Increase font size one value as defined in font style

Shift+F1

Reveal Formatting (show all formats of selection)

Ctrl+Alt+H

Apply/remove text Highlight to selection

Ctrl+Shift+H

Hide selected text; e.g. for sharing and letting others focus on specific sections in a document only. Not a security feature.

Ctrl+A, then Ctrl+D, then 2x Alt+H

Show all hidden text via Select All, Font Dialog, remove Hidden text format

H, FF

Change Font Face, then start typing for autocomplete, or Alt+Arrow Down to open drop down

H, FS

Change Font Size, type number and hit Enter

H, FC

Change Font Color. Press Escape, then Enter to apply current color

Alt+H+4

Apply strikethrough formatting

Ctrl+R

Right-align selected text

Ctrl+L

Left-align selected text

Ctrl+J

Justify-align selected text (straight edges on both sides)

Ctrl+E

Center-align selected text

Ctrl+M

Indent Text (Move text to the right)

Ctrl+Shift+M

Outdent Text

Ctrl+T

Create/ increase hanging indent

Ctrl+Shift+T

Remove/ decrease hanging indent

Ctrl+0

Toggle spacing before paragraph

Ctrl+1

Single line spacing

Ctrl+2

Double line spacing

Ctrl+5

Apply line spacing of 1.5

Alt+Ctrl+1

Apply Heading 1 style

Alt+Ctrl+2

Apply Heading 2 style

Alt+Ctrl+3

Apply Heading 3 style

Alt+Shift+Arrow Right/Arrow Left

Promote / demote Headings

Ctrl+Shift+S

Open Apply Styles task pane (will not close with pressing it a second time)

Ctrl+Z

Undo previous action (up to 100 by default; limit can be changed)

Ctrl+Y

Redo undone action

F4

Repeat action

Ctrl+C

Copy selected content to clipboard

Ctrl+X

Cut selected content to clipboard

Ctrl+V

Paste clipboard content into document

Alt+H, VT

Paste text only via Home Ribbon, Paste (V), Text only

Ctrl+Shift+C

Copy format of selection into Format Clipboard

Ctrl+Shift+V

Paste format to selection from Format Clipboard

Ctrl+F3

Cut text into to Spike (additive clipboard). Add as many non-adjacent areas as desired

Ctrl+Shift+F3

Paste text from Spike and reset Spike

Shift+Alt+Arrow Up/Arrow Down

Move current paragraph or (if selected) multiple paragraphs in text. Cannot move part of paragraph with this

Ctrl+Drag

Move selected text

F2, move cursor to new location, then enter

Moves selected text to new location

Shift+F2, move cursor to new location, then enter

Copies selected text to new location

Alt+Ctrl+C

Insert Copyright symbol

Alt+Ctrl+T

Insert Ttrademark symbol

Alt+Ctrl+R

Insert Registered Trademark symbol

Alt+Ctrl+E

Insert Euro Currency symbol

Alt+Ctrl+.

Insert horizontal ellipsis (…)

Alt, then n,u

Insert Symbol (insert menu)

Ctrl+Shift+Space

Insert nonbreaking space

Ctrl+Shift+ (Hyphen)

Insert nonbreaking hyphen

Ctrl+

Insert optional hyphen

Type character code and press Alt+X

Insert Unicode character, e.g. 20ac

Alt+character code on numeric keyboard

Insert ANSI character

Ctrl+K

Insert a hyperlink

Ctrl+H

Open classic find and replace window

Ctrl+H, then Alt+D

Open classic find window

Alt+F

Find next

Shift+F4

Repeat last find after closing find window

Ctrl+Tab

Jump between find menu and document

Alt+Space, Arrow keys and Enter

Move find menu window

Esc

Close traditional search window if active

Ctrl+F

Open (new) search menu in navigation task pane

Alt,W,K

Open and close Navigation pane (View, Navigation)

Ctrl+N

Create new document

Ctrl+O

Open document

Ctrl+W

Close document (Close Window)

Ctrl+S

Save document

F12

Save document as

Alt, then F, R

Open Recent (File, Recent)

Ctrl+P

Go to Print document/ print preview

Ctrl+P, then Enter

Print document

Ctrl+mouse wheel

Zoom in/ zoom out in preview

Page Up/Page Down

Up a page/ down a page in preview

Ctrl+Home/Ctrl+End

Jump to beginning/ end of document in preview

Esc

Exit print preview and return to document

Alt+Ctrl+S

Toggle Split of document window

Ctrl+scroll mouse up/down

Zoom in/ out

Alt then w, q

Open Zoom Menu (no native shortcut exists for zoom in/ zoom out)

Alt+Ctrl+O

Switch to Outline view

Alt+Ctrl+P

Switch to Print Layout view

Alt+Ctrl+N

Switch to Draft view (used to be normal view)

Ctrl+F6

Switch forward to next open Word documents (easier than Alt+Tab as only word documents are iterated)

Ctrl+Shift+F6

Switch backwards to previous open Word documents (easier than Alt+Tab as only word documents are iterated)

Alt+Shift+D

Insert current Date field

Alt+Shift+T

Insert current Tate field

Alt+Shift+P

Insert Page number field

Alt+Shift+O

Insert Table of Content field

Alt+Shift+X

Insert Index field

Alt+Shift+L

Insert LISTNUM field

Alt+F9

Toggle show/ hide fields

F9

Update all fields

F11/Shift+F11

Go to next/ go to previous field

Ctrl+F11

Lock field

Ctrl+Shift+F11

Unlock field

Ctrl+Shift+O

Switch to Outline View

Tab/Shift+Tab

Promote / Demote a paragraph (or Alt+Shift+Arrow Left/Arrow Right)

Alt+Shift+Arrow Up/Arrow Down

Move selected paragraphs up / down

Ctrl+Shift+N

Demote to body text (set style to normal)

Alt+Shift+plus /

Expand / Collapse text under a heading

Alt+Shift+A

Expand or collapse all text or headings

/ key on the numeric keypad

Hide or display character formatting

Alt+Shift+L

Show the first line of body text or all body text

Alt+Shift+1

Show all headings with the Heading 1 style

Alt+Shift+N

Show all headings up to Heading n

Ctrl+Tab

Insert a tab character

Arrow Down/Arrow Up

Jump one row down / one row up

Tab/Shift+Tab

Jump to (and select) next / previous table cell

Alt+Home/Alt+End

Jump to first column/ jump to last column

Alt+Page Up/Alt+Page Down

Jump to first row / jump to last row

Ctrl+Arrow Left/Ctrl+Arrow Right

One cell to the left / to the right

Shift+End

Select current table cell

end, then shift+Home

Select content of current table cell

Press and hold shift and press arrow keys repeatedly

Extend selection to adjacent cells

Ctrl+Shift+f8, then press

Extend selection or block

Alt+5 on numeric keypad (with numLock off)

Select an entire table

Alt+Shift+Arrow Up/Alt+Shift+Arrow Down

Move current row up or down

In first column, press shift+End

Select row*

In first row press Alt+Shift+Page Down

Select column

Shift+Delete

Delete columns with columns selected

Created by rank17 on 3/4/2017. Last updated by max on 1/14/2021

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jump the line

Primarily heard in US, Canada.

1. To move in front of people who have been waiting in a line for something (rather than standing behind the last person, as is customary). Hey, don’t jump the line! Get behind the rest of us! I wanted to shout at the man for jumping the line, but I was too embarrassed about making a scene.

2. To do something before it is one’s turn. There has been public outrage after it came to light that some people had been jumping the queue for surgery appointments because they had a friend or relative working at the hospital.

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2022 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.

See also:

  • on line
  • step out of line
  • get a line on
  • get a line on (someone or something)
  • get a line on someone
  • get in(to) line
  • come in(to) line
  • come into line
  • be out of line
  • in line

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