Below is a list of major shortcut keys in Microsoft Word,
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Shortcut |
Description |
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Ctrl + 0 |
Adds or removes 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. |
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Ctrl + J |
Aligns the selected
text or line to justify the
screen. |
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Ctrl + K |
Insert link. |
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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 + 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 + T |
Create a hanging indent. |
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Ctrl + U |
Underline highlighted selection. |
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Ctrl + V |
Paste. |
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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 increases 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
(grave) mark, where
<char> is the
character you want. For example, if you wanted an accented è you would use Ctrl + ' + e as your
shortcut key. To reverse the accent mark
use the opposite accent mark, often
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 highlighted text size by one. |
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Ctrl + Shift + < |
Decreases the highlighted text
size by one. |
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Ctrl + Shift + F6 |
Opens 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 word highlighted. |
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Shift + F12 |
Save. |
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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. |
In addition
to the above shortcut
keys users can also
use their mouse as a method of quickly do something
commonly performed. Below some are examples of mouse
shortcuts.
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Mouse shortcuts |
Description |
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Click, hold, and
drag |
Selects text from where you click
and hold to the point
you drag and let go. |
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Double-click |
If double-click a word, selects
the complete word. |
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Double-click |
Double-clicking on the
left, center, or right
of a blank line will
make the alignment of the text left,
center, or right
aligned. |
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Double-click |
Double-clicking anywhere after
text on a line
will set a tab stop. |
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Triple-click |
Selects the line or paragraph of the text the mouse triple-clicked. |
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Ctrl + Mouse wheel |
Zooms in and
out of document. |