```plaintext hjkl left down up right 0 $ start/end of line C-f C-b page down/up :n line n, 0 = start of file, $ = end of file w beginning of next word e end of current word b beginning of previous word W E B same but words are delimited by whitespace -- to see the difference, consider -- a b -- here W E B will treat "" as one word, -- but w e b will see "file" and "thingy" as separate words. 43| go to column 43 on current line 032l another way to go to column 32 on the current line Of these two, 43| uses fewer characters, but requires using the shift key, so either way, four keys must be touched. Swings and roundabouts. ``` # Useful Links ## Stack Exchange * [This jump to column question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9953082/how-to-jump-directly-to-a-column-number-in-vim/9953097#9953097)