Microsoft Word Shortcut Keys

Microsoft Word Shortcut Keys 

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Description

Ctrl+0

Toggle 6pts of spacing above the paragraph.

Ctrl+A

Select all contents of the page.

Ctrl+B

Bold highlighted selection.

Ctrl+C

Copy selected text.

Ctrl+D

Open the font preferences window.

Ctrl+E

Align the line or selected text to the center of the screen.

Ctrl+F

Open find box.

Ctrl+I

Italic highlighted selection.

Ctrl+J

Align the selected text or line to justify the screen.

Ctrl+K

Insert a hyperlink.

Ctrl+L

Align the line or selected text to the left of the screen.

Ctrl+M

Indent the paragraph.

Ctrl+N

Open new, blank document window.

Ctrl+O

Open the dialog box or page for selecting a file to open.

Ctrl+P

Open the print window.

Ctrl+R

Align the line or selected text to the right of the screen.

Ctrl+S

Save the open document. Like Shift+F12.

Alt+F, A

Save the document under a different file name.

Alt+X

Show the Unicode code of a highlighted character.

Ctrl+T

Create a hanging indent.

Ctrl+U

Underline the selected text.

Ctrl+V

Paste.

Ctrl+W

Close the currently open document.

Ctrl+X

Cut selected text.

Ctrl+Y

Redo the last action performed.

Ctrl+Z

Undo last action.

Ctrl+Shift+A

Sets the selected text to all capital letters.

Ctrl+Shift+D

Adds double underline to the selected text.

Ctrl+Shift+E

Enable or disable revision tracking.

Ctrl+Shift+F

Open Font window to change the font.

Ctrl+Shift+L

Quickly create a bullet point.

Ctrl+Shift+>

Increase selected font +1pts up to 12pt and then increase font +2pts.

Ctrl+]

Increase selected font +1pts.

Ctrl+Shift+<

Decrease selected font -1pts if 12pt or lower; if above 12, decreases font by +2pt.

Ctrl+[

Decrease selected font -1pts.

Ctrl+/+C

Insert a cent sign (¢).

Ctrl+'+<char>

Insert a character with an accent (acute) mark, where <char> is the character you want. For example, if you wanted an accented é you would use Ctrl+'+e as your shortcut key. To reverse the accent mark, use the opposite accent mark, often found on the tilde key.

Ctrl+Shift+*

View or hide non printing characters.

Ctrl+Left arrow

Move one word to the left.

Ctrl+Right arrow

Move one word to the right.

Ctrl+Up arrow

Move to the beginning of the line or paragraph.

Ctrl+Down arrow

Move to the end of the paragraph.

Ctrl+Del

Delete word to right of cursor.

Ctrl+Backspace

Delete word to left of cursor.

Ctrl+End

Move the cursor to the end of the document.

Ctrl+Home

Move the cursor to the beginning of the document.

Ctrl+Spacebar

Reset highlighted text to the default font.

Ctrl+Enter

Insert a page break.

Ctrl+1

Single-space lines.

Ctrl+2

Double-space lines.

Ctrl+5

1.5-line spacing.

Ctrl+=

Set selected text as subscript.

Ctrl+Pg Up

Move one page up in the document.

Ctrl+Pg Dn

Move one page down in the document.

Ctrl+Shift+=

Set selected text as superscript.

Ctrl+Alt+T

Insert trademark (TM) symbol.

Ctrl+Alt+1

Changes text to heading 1.

Ctrl+Alt+2

Changes text to heading 2.

Ctrl+Alt+3

Changes text to heading 3.

Ctrl+Alt+F2

Open new document.

Ctrl+F1

Open the Task Pane.

Ctrl+F2

Display the print preview.

Ctrl+Shift+>

Increase the font size of selected text by one point.

Ctrl+Shift+<

Decrease the font size of selected text by one point.

Ctrl+Shift+F6

Switch to another open Microsoft Word document.

Ctrl+Shift+F12

Print the document.

F1

Open help.

F4

Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+).

F5

Open the Find, Replace, and Go To window in Microsoft Word.

F7

Spellcheck and grammar check selected text or document.

F12

Save As.

Shift+F3

Change the text in Microsoft Word from uppercase to lowercase or a capital letter at the beginning of every word.

Shift+F7

Run a Thesaurus check on the selected word.

Shift+F12

Save the open document. Like Ctrl+S.

Shift+Enter

Create a soft break instead of a new paragraph.

Shift+Insert

Paste.

Shift+Alt+D

Insert the current date.

Shift+Alt+T

Insert the current time.

 

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