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3. Moving around inside an outline

The commands shown below all require that you be in outline mode. If the word “Outline” does not appear in the status bar at the bottom of your window, type M-x outline-mode to set up outline mode.

If you are using emacs under the X Window system, setting outline mode will add three new pull-down menus to your menu bar: Headings, Show, and Hide. You can use these pull-down menus instead of the key sequences described below; for example, HeadingsNext means to use the left mouse button to pull down the Headings menu and select Next, which is the same as the key sequence C-c C-n.

C-c C-nHeadingsNext: Move the cursor to the next heading.
C-c C-pHeadingsPrevious: Move the cursor to the previous heading. If the cursor is on a body line, it moves to the corresponding heading. If on a heading, it moves to the previous heading.
C-c C-uHeadingsUp: Move the cursor to the heading at the level above the current level. For example, if you are in a third-level body line, the cursor would move to the preceding second-level heading.
C-c C-fHeadingsNext same level: Move the cursor to the next heading at the same level. For example, if you are in a second-level entry, the cursor jumps to the next second-level (or higher) entry.
C-c C-bHeadingsPrevious same level: Move the cursor to the previous heading at the same level.