Navigating in a Document

Tips, Tricks, and Answers

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Changing How Go To Works
You can force Word's Go To command to start with a cleen slate.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Speeding Up Cursor Movement
If you use the arrow keys to move the insertion point through the document, you may have noticed that it can be slow going at times. If you want to speed up this type of movement, follow the simple shortcut described in this tip.

Using Go To with a Percentage
Need to jump a certain percentage of the way through a document? You can do it using the familiar Go To tab of the Find and Replace dialog box, provided you use the technique described in this tip.

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.