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5.1.1 Moving with the Keyboard

   

You can use the keyboard arrow keys to move the cell cursor to a desired cell. Each time you press an arrow key, the cell cursor moves one row or column in the direction of the arrow. Press the appropriate arrow key until the target cell is highlighted by the cell cursor. This is the cell that will be affected by your next action, such as editing, formatting, copying, deleting, or pasting.

Because the spreadsheet window can show only part of a large spreadsheet, you may need to scroll through the spreadsheet to view other sections. The arrow keys can be used to scroll to the remote areas of the sheet as described below.

To move the view to the right:

  1. Hold down the right arrow key and watch the sheet scroll to the right.

  2. Release the arrow key once you reached the desired view area.

Similarly, use the down, up, and left arrow keys to move the view other areas of the spreadsheet. The Ctrl key plus the arrow keys allow you to move the cell cursor around the spreadsheet a page at a time. Hold down the Ctrl key while using the arrow keys to move an entire window (page) in any direction. Your keyboard may also have specific keys for moving a page at a time. These are usually labeled PageUp and PageDown or PrevScreen and LastScreen.

The Meta key plus the arrow keys advance the cursor to the next ``break'' in the current row or column. For example, Meta-Down advances to the last entry in the current column - the one with an empty cell below it. A subsequent Meta-Down might take you to the absolute last row (32767).


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NExS User's Guide, Version 1.4.5
Grey Trout Software
11 April 1999