Which key can you use to move a text from its location to specified location?

I know how to select a word or phrase with CTRL+⇧ Shift+→ Right Arrow or character wise with ⇧ Shift+→ Right Arrow.

My question is: How do I move a selection within the text, within the paragraph, to the left or right? The stepping could be per character, or better, per word.

phuclv

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asked Jul 31, 2018 at 0:42

There's no shortcut to move texts like that. You may need to use VBA for that purpose

However if multiple keystrokes are allowed then you can use Word's Move To function like this

• Select the text you want to move
• Press F2
• Press ←/→ or Ctrl+←/→ to move the cursor to where you want to move the text
• Press Enter

Yes it's not much better than Ctrl+X, move then Ctrl+V

Here's the complete shortcut list

answered Jul 31, 2018 at 4:27

phuclvphuclv

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To move text in Word, you can use either the following two methods:

• Select the text, click F2 (then move the cursor and press Enter)
• Select the text, directly drag and drop it to the wanted location by using mouse.

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answered Jul 31, 2018 at 9:30

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Without putting my hand on the mouse, my best keyboard move is

• Select word
• Cut Ctrl+X
• Move around per word Ctrl+arrowkeys
• Paste Ctrl+V

Hope that helps. (:

answered Aug 17, 2018 at 10:46

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In this chapter, we will discuss how to move text in Word 2010. At times, it is required to move a text from one location to another location in the same document or in any another document. You can move text from one location in a document to another by using the drag-and-drop technique with the help of mouse. This tutorial will teach you how to use the drag and drop technique to move text.

Move within the same document

Step 1 − Select a portion of the text using any of the text selection methods.

Step 2 − Now take your mouse pointer over the selected text and hold the left button of the mouse and keep holding it while moving around the document.

Step 3 − Take your mouse pointer to the place where you want to move the selected text and release the mouse button. You will see that the selected text is moved to the desired location.

Move within different documents

You can move the selected text from one document to another document. Following are some simple steps which will help you in moving text from one document to another document.

Step 1 − Keep both the documents opened and to ensure that both documents are visible, click the Arrange All button on the View tab on the Ribbon.

This will display both the documents as shown below −

Step 2 − Now, select a portion of the text using any of the text selection methods.

Step 3 − Take your mouse pointer over the selected text and hold the left button of the mouse and keep holding it while moving around the document.

Step 4 − Take your mouse pointer at the place in the second document where you want to move the selected text and release the mouse button. You will see that the selected text is moved to the desired location in the second document.

Note − In case you have more than two documents, you can use the Alt + Tab keys to switch through the different documents and select the desired destination document.

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