Topic: Navigating in a Document

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Changing How Go To Works You can force Word's Go To command to start with a cleen slate. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Jumping Back in a Long Document Navigating quickly and easily around a document becomes critical as the document becomes larger and larger. This tip explains a couple of easy ways you can get around even the longest of documents. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Jumping To a Comment Got a document with lots of comments in it? You can navigate from comment to comment with ease by using the Go To tab of the Find and Replace dialog box. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

Jumping to a Footnote Footnotes are used to help document information in the main body of a document. If you want, you can use the Go To capabilities of Word to immediately jump to a specific footnote. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Jumping to a Line Number When navigating your document, you might want to jump to a specific line number. (This is very helpful if you have a lot of short lines in the document.) Word makes this easy with the Go To dialog box. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Jumping to a Relative Endnote Endnotes are easy enough to add and accumulate in a document. For this reason, Word makes it easy to jump from one endnote to another using the techniques described in this tip. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

Jumping to a Relative Footnote Footnotes can be a great addition to any document that needs detailed referencing of citations. You can navigate from one footnote to another by using the Find and Replace dialog box. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

Jumping to a Relative Line Number One of the convenient ways to navigate through your document is to jump forwards or backwards a specific number of lines. You can do this using the Go To tab of the Find and Replace dialog box, as described in this tip. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Jumping to a Relative Page When you are navigating around your document, you may find it helpful to jump a certain number of pages either toward the beginning of the document or toward the end. You can do this by using the Go To tab of the Find and Replace dialog box. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Jumping to a Relative Section Documents can contain many different sections for formatting purposes. You may want to jump to other sections relative to the one in which the insertion point is located. This tip explains an easy way to accomplish this task. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Jumping to a Section Word provides the Go To tab of the Find and Replace dialog box, which allows you to jump to various places in your document. This tip provides specific instructions on how to jump to a different section of the document. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Jumping to a Specific Page The Go To dialog box allows you to quickly and easily jump from place to place in your document. This tip explains how you can go from one page number to another. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Jumping to an Endnote Endnotes are often used in documents to document citations and sources. You can jump from endnote to endnote using the technique described in this tip. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

Jumping to Tables If your document contains quite a few tables, you may find it helpful to jump quickly from one table to another. There are two ways you can do this: using Go To and the Object Browser. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

Jumping to the End without Repaginating When you open a document and try to jump to the end of it, Word may go through the sometimes long process of repaginating. If you want to bypass this delay, pay attention to the ideas in this tip. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

Speeding Up Cursor Movement Want to move through a document faster than one character at a time? Try this out. Microsoft Word versions: 6 | 95 | 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

Using Go To With a Percentage Want to jump half-way through your document? You can easily do so by entering a percentage value into the Go To tab of the Find and Replace dialog box. This tip explains how that “jumping method” really works. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

What Line Am I On? At the bottom of your document, on the status bar, you can see the line on which your insertion point is located. It is helpful to know what this line represents and when it may not be accurate. Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

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