Shortcut keys in Microsoft Word
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Shortcut keys in Microsoft Word:
Below is a listing of the more commonly used shortcut keys in Microsoft Word. Please be aware that some of these shortcuts may not work
in all versions of Microsoft Word.
Shortcut
|
Description
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Ctrl+0
|
Toggles 6pts of spacing before a
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.
|
Ctrl+J
|
Aligns the selected text or line
to justify the screen.
|
Ctrl+K
|
Insert
a hyperlink.
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Ctrl+L
|
Aligns the line or selected text
to the left of the screen.
|
Ctrl+M
|
Indent the paragraph.
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Ctrl+N
|
Opens new, blank document window.
|
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.
|
Ctrl+S
|
Save the open document. Just like
Shift+F12.
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Ctrl+T
|
Create a hanging indent.
|
Ctrl+U
|
Underline the selected text.
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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+L
|
Quickly
create a bullet point.
|
Ctrl+Shift+F
|
Change the font.
|
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.
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Ctrl+[
|
Decrease selected font -1pts.
|
Ctrl+/+c
|
Insert a cent sign (¢).
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Ctrl+'+
|
Insert
a character with an accent (grave) mark, where
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Ctrl+Shift+*
|
View or hide non printing
characters.
|
Ctrl+
|
Moves one word to the left.
|
Ctrl+
|
Moves one word to the right.
|
Ctrl+
|
Moves to the beginning of the
line or paragraph.
|
Ctrl+
|
Moves to the end of the
paragraph.
|
Ctrl+Del
|
Deletes word to right of cursor.
|
Ctrl+Backspace
|
Deletes word to left of cursor.
|
Ctrl+End
|
Moves the cursor to the end of
the document.
|
Ctrl+Home
|
Moves the cursor to the beginning
of the document.
|
Ctrl+Spacebar
|
Reset highlighted text to the
default font.
|
Ctrl+1
|
Single-space lines.
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Ctrl+2
|
Double-space lines.
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Ctrl+5
|
1.5-line spacing.
|
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.
|
Ctrl+F1
|
Open
the Task Pane.
|
Ctrl+F2
|
Display
the print preview.
|
Ctrl+Shift+>
|
Increases the selected text size
by one font size.
|
Ctrl+Shift+<
|
Decreases the selected text size
by one font size.
|
Ctrl+Shift+F6
|
Switches to another open
Microsoft Word document.
|
Ctrl+Shift+F12
|
Prints 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
|
Runs a Thesaurus check on the
selected word.
|
Shift+F12
|
Save the open document. Just like
Ctrl+S.
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Shift+Enter
|
Create
a soft break instead of a new paragraph.
|
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.
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You can also utilize the mouse to perform some
common actions. The following section contains examples of mouse shortcuts.
Mouse shortcuts
|
Description
|
Click, hold,
and drag
|
Selects text from where you click
and hold to the point you drag and let go.
|
Double-click
|
If double-clicking a word,
selects the complete word.
|
Double-click
|
Double-clicking on the left,
center, or right of a blank line makes the alignment of the text left,
center, or right aligned.
|
Double-click
|
Double-clicking
anywhere after text on a line will set a tab stop.
|
Triple-click
|
Selects the line or paragraph of
the text that the mouse triple-clicked on.
|
Ctrl+Mouse
wheel
|
Zooms in and out of document.
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