No, you would type xxg, where xx is the line number, then move with w if the word was a short distance away, or use the mouse if it was somewhere like the middl

No, you would type xxg, where xx is the line number, then move with w if the word was a short distance away, or use the mouse if it was somewhere like the middle of the line, then cw. This works out favorably even a Thinkpad where I don't need to take my hands away from the home row for, and it works better when working with very large screens.