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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1031200810571916" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">To move the cursor, press the key or key combination given in the following table.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1031200810571929" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">To select the characters under the moving cursor, additionally hold down the Shift key when you move the cursor.</paragraph>
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                  <emph>+</emph><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><emph>Command key</emph>
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               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150105" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="27">Moves the cursor one character to the left or to the right.</paragraph>
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               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153418" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="28">Moves the cursor one word to the left or to the right.</paragraph>
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               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149949" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="30">Moves the cursor up or down one line.</paragraph>
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               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149972" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="31">(<switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command+Option
</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl+Alt</defaultinline></switchinline>) Moves the current paragraph up or down.</paragraph>
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               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149871" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="56">Moves the cursor to the beginning of the current line.</paragraph>
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               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145108" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="34">Moves the cursor to the beginning of the document.</paragraph>
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               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154873" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="46">Moves to the end of the contents in the current cell.</paragraph>
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               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155894" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="47">Moves the cursor to the end of the contents of the current cell. Press again to move the cursor to the last cell in the table. Press again to move the cursor to the end of the document.</paragraph>
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               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148701" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="52">Moves the cursor to the header.</paragraph>
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               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153018" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="51">Scroll down one page.</paragraph>
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               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148949" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="55">Moves the cursor to the footer.</paragraph>
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