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In Windows and Ubuntu one can move the cursor to the end of the next word in text by pressing ctrl+ left or ctrl+right.

What's the equivalent of this on the Mac?

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Command+left and Command+right brings you to the end or beginning of a line - something that I find really useful as well. – bassplayer7 Jun 19 '12 at 11:58
...something accomplished with Home and End on PCs. – josh3736 Jun 19 '12 at 14:40

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option + left and option + right

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... and why is it not listed in keyboard shortcuts ... – GEdgar Jun 19 '12 at 15:47
@GEdgar Gremlings. – Kit Sunde Jun 19 '12 at 17:15
it's a global thing like the enter or shift keys… goes without saying – XAleXOwnZX Jun 19 '12 at 23:00
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it doesn't "go without saying" since it had to be said. I too wanted to know this. – Chase Florell Jun 19 '12 at 23:53
Weird/relevant: on older version of Microsoft Word, it used to be command instead of option. Took them forever to get in line with the rest of Mac OS. – NReilingh Jul 8 '12 at 6:08

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