To do this ...

Keyboard combination

Delete the character to the left of the insertion point.

Backspace

Delete the character to the right of the insertion point.

Delete

Delete from the cursor position to the end of the line.

CTRL+Delete

Cut the selected text and place it on the Clipboard.

CTRL+X

Copy the selected text to the Clipboard.

CTRL+C

Paste selected text from the Clipboard

CTRL+V

To do this ...

Use this keyboard combination to move the cursor (in combination with the SHIFT key, this selects text)

Move by one character to the right.

Right arrow

Move by one character to the left.

Left arrow

To the end of the word.

CTRL+Right arrow

To the beginning of the word.

CTRL+Left arrow

To the end of the line.

Exit

To the beginning of the line.

Home

Move down a line.

Down arrow

Move up a line.

Up arrow

To the beginning of the text.

CTRL+Home

The whole text.

CTRL+A