Useful text editing shortcuts (Mac OS X)

I came across few useful text editing shortcuts for Mac OS X @ www.ss64.com – a site dedicated to all kinds of applications/os syntax…

Editing Text (email, TextEdit, Pages, etc)

  ⌥ ←       Move one word left
  ⌥ →       Move one word right
  ⌘ ←       Beginning of line
  ⌘ →       End of line

          Scroll one page up (cursor retains position)

          Scroll one page down (cursor retains position)
  ⌥

        Move one page up  (reposition cursor)
  ⌥ 

        Move one page down
  ⌘ ↑ or

  Scroll to beginning of document
  ⌘ ↓ or

  Scroll to end of document

  Add shift key ⇧ ,   to the above to also SELECT the text.

  ⌥ ⌫       Delete word
  ⌥ Del     Delete next word

  ⌥ Scrollbar           Jump to exact scrollbar location
  ⌥ Scrollbar arrows    Scroll page at a time (page up/down)
  ⌥ Volume up/down      Open Sound preferences
  ⌥ Brightness up/down  Open Display preferences