Cell hopping behind the scenes. (creating macros for Lotus Development Corp.'s Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet software) (Tutorial)

Tell the cell pointer exactly where to move with simple macro keywords.

One of the first things you learn in 1-2-3 is how to move the cell pointer around the screen. It doesn't take much trial and error to discover that the Arrow keys move the cell pointer one cell at a time. Slightly more subtle are the PageUp and PageDown keys, which move the cell pointer up or down 20 rows at a time, and the Tab key and the Shift-Tab key combination, which move the cell pointer an entire screen to the right or the left. Press the End key and an Arrow key to move the cell pointer left, right, up, or down to the intersection of the next blank and nonblank cells. And the Home key …