
Shift+Command+Left or Right Arrow: Highlights all text to the left or right of the cursor. Shift+Command+Up or Down Arrow: Highlights all text above or below cursor. Shift+Up or Down Arrow: Highlights previous or next line of text. Shift+Left or Right Arrow: Highlights previous or next character. You can click and drag to highlight text, but it’s much faster to do so with the following keyboard shortcuts: RELATED: 42+ Text-Editing Keyboard Shortcuts That Work Almost Everywhere Ray Bond/Shutterstock Selecting Text Similar shortcuts are also available on Windows. Shift+Enter: Starts a new line in apps like Messages, Slack, or WYSIWYG editors. Option+Down Arrow: To the end of current paragraph. Option+Up Arrow: To the beginning of the current paragraph. Command+Right Arrow: To the end of the current line. Command+Left Arrow: To the beginning of the current line. Option+Right Arrow: To the beginning of the next word.
Option+Left Arrow: To the beginning of the previous word.Using the Option and Command keys as modifiers, you can move the cursor in the following ways: You can use the arrow keys to move the cursor around and press Enter to start a new paragraph.