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Word provides a handy shortcut that allows you to quickly jump to either end of a table row. If you press Alt+Home, you are taken to the first cell in the row, where the insertion point is placed just before the first character of the cell. Likewise, you can jump to the last cell in a row by pressing Alt+End. This moves the insertion point to the last row, where it is positioned just before the first character in the cell.
If you try to use these shortcuts outside of a table, they have no effect.
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2014-07-06 15:55:58
Peter Kirkpatrick
Also Alt+PgUp, Alt+PgDown for navigating columns.
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