Microsoft Word Shortcut Keys
Shortcut |
Description |
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Ctrl+0 |
Toggles 6pts of spacing above the paragraph. |
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Ctrl+A |
Select all contents of the page. |
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Ctrl+B |
Bold highlighted selection. |
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Ctrl+C |
Copy selected text. |
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Ctrl+D |
Open the font preferences window. |
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Ctrl+E |
Aligns the line or selected text to the center of the screen. |
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Ctrl+F |
Open find box. |
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Ctrl+I |
Italic highlighted selection. |
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Ctrl+J |
Aligns the selected text or line to justify the screen. |
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Ctrl+K |
Insert a hyperlink. |
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Ctrl+L |
Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the screen. |
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Ctrl+M |
Indent the paragraph. |
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Ctrl+N |
Opens new, blank document window. |
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Ctrl+O |
Opens the dialog box or page for selecting a file to open. |
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Ctrl+P |
Open the print window. |
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Ctrl+R |
Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the screen. |
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Ctrl+S |
Save the open document. Like Shift+F12. |
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Alt+F, A |
Save the document under a different file name. |
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Alt+X |
Show the Unicode code of a highlighted character. |
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Ctrl+T |
Create a hanging indent. |
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Ctrl+U |
Underline the selected text. |
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Ctrl+V |
Paste. |
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Ctrl+W |
Close the currently open document. |
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Ctrl+X |
Cut selected text. |
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Ctrl+Y |
Redo the last action performed. |
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Ctrl+Z |
Undo last action. |
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Ctrl+Shift+L |
Quickly create a bullet point. |
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Ctrl+Shift+F |
Change the font. |
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Ctrl+Shift+> |
Increase selected font +1pts up to 12pt and then increase font
+2pts. |
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Ctrl+] |
Increase selected font +1pts. |
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Ctrl+Shift+< |
Decrease selected font -1pts if 12pt or lower; if above 12,
decreases font by +2pt. |
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Ctrl+[ |
Decrease selected font -1pts. |
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Ctrl+/+c |
Insert a cent sign (¢). |
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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. |
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Ctrl+Shift+* |
View or hide non printing characters. |
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Ctrl+<left arrow> |
Moves one word to the left. |
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Ctrl+<right arrow> |
Moves one word to the right. |
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Ctrl+<up arrow> |
Moves to the beginning of the line or paragraph. |
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Ctrl+<down arrow> |
Moves to the end of the paragraph. |
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Ctrl+Del |
Deletes word to right of cursor. |
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Ctrl+Backspace |
Deletes word to left of cursor. |
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Ctrl+End |
Moves the cursor to the end of the document. |
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Ctrl+Home |
Moves the cursor to the beginning of the document. |
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Ctrl+Spacebar |
Reset highlighted text to the default font. |
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Ctrl+1 |
Single-space lines. |
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Ctrl+2 |
Double-space lines. |
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Ctrl+5 |
1.5-line spacing. |
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Ctrl+Alt+1 |
Changes text to heading 1. |
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Ctrl+Alt+2 |
Changes text to heading 2. |
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Ctrl+Alt+3 |
Changes text to heading 3. |
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Alt+Ctrl+F2 |
Open new document. |
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Ctrl+F1 |
Open the Task Pane. |
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Ctrl+F2 |
Display the print preview. |
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Ctrl+Shift+> |
Increases the selected text size by one font size. |
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Ctrl+Shift+< |
Decreases the selected text size by one font size. |
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Ctrl+Shift+F6 |
Switches to another open Microsoft Word document. |
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Ctrl+Shift+F12 |
Prints the document. |
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F1 |
Open help. |
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F4 |
Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+). |
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F5 |
Open the Find, Replace, and Go To window in
Microsoft Word. |
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F7 |
Spellcheck and grammar check selected text or document. |
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F12 |
Save As. |
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Shift+F3 |
Change the text in Microsoft Word
from uppercase to lowercase or a capital letter at the
beginning of every word. |
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Shift+F7 |
Runs a Thesaurus check on the selected word. |
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Shift+F12 |
Save the open document. Like Ctrl+S. |
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Shift+Enter |
Create a soft break instead of a new paragraph. |
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Shift+Insert |
Paste. |
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Shift+Alt+D |
Insert the current date. |
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Shift+Alt+T |
Insert the current time. |