Cursor jumps to the next slide when I press the arrow keys

[Roger_RB]

I am using the 6.4.7.2 version of Libre Impress and having an issue with the cursor. I have different slides with text in them. While editing the text when I try to move the cursor using the arrow keys, it jumps to the next slide instead of moving to the next character. However, when I use Alt + Arrow keys, it works fine. Is there any option to change this function so that I don’t have to use the Alt key and move the cursor simply by using the arrow keys?

NOTE: I have read in other posts that it can be done by changing the scale which is by default 1:1, but I don’t see the scale option anywhere in the tools menu.

[JohnSUN]

There are many ways to change the Zoom (they are listed at the beginning of this Help page).

But I doubt that this way will change the behavior of the “down arrow” key (are you saying that all arrows behave this way? It’s very strange!)

Please choose Tools - Customize - Keyboard tab from the menu and make sure that the Go to Next Page command is not assigned to Down (and other arrows)

[Roger_RB]

Yes I did the exact same thing. I went to Tools - Customize - Keyboard and there “Go to next page” and “Go to previous page” commands were assigned to the “Left” and “Right” shortcut keys. I deleted those commands and now it works just as I wanted. This solves the problem. Thanks a lot!!!