Shortcuts Word Excel Power Point
Shortcuts Word Excel Power Point
Selecting Text
Text Formatting
Change font Change font size Increase font size Decrease font size Increase the font size by 1 point Decrease the font size by 1 point Change Case All Capitals Bold Underline Underline Words Only Double underline words Hidden Text Italicise Small Capitals Apply subscripts Apply superscripts Remove all formatting (Return to Plain Text) Toggle Show/Hide() characters CTRL SHIFT F CTRL SHIFT P CTRL SHIFT > CTRL SHIFT < CTRL [ CTRL ] SHIFT F3 CTRL SHIFT A CTRL B CTRL U CTRL SHIFT W CTRL SHIFT D CTRL SHIFT H CTRL I CTRL SHIFT K CTRL = CTRL SHIFT = CTRL SHIFT Z A field AutoText A line break A page break A column break An optional hyphen A nonbreaking hyphen A nonbreaking space
Inserting
CTRL F9 AutoText entry name + F3 SHIFT ENTER CTRL ENTER CTRL SHIFT ENTER CTRL HYPHEN CTRL SHIFT HYPHEN CTRL SHIFT SPACEBAR
Merging
Preview a mail merge Merge a document Print the merged document Edit a mail merge data source Insert a merge field ALT SHIFT K ALT SHIFT N ALT SHIFT M ALT SHIFT E ALT SHIFT F
To Extend a Selection: One character to the right SHIFT One character to the left SHIFT To the end of a word CTRL SHIFT To the beginning of a word CTRL SHIFT To the end of a line SHIFT END To the beginning of a line SHIFT HOME One line down SHIFT One line up SHIFT To the end of a paragraph CTRL SHIFT To the beginning of a paragraph CTRL SHIFT One screen down SHIFT PAGE DOWN One screen up SHIFT PAGE UP end of a document CTRL SHIFT END beginning of a document CTRL SHIFT HOME Select Entire document CTRL A CTRL SHIFT 8 a vertical block of text ALT Drag Mouse a specific location in a document F8 arrow keys Paragraph Formatting Select the nearest character F8 character CTRL 1 Extend a selection F8 Single Line Spacing CTRL 2 Reduce the size of a selection SHIFT F8 Double Line Spacing 1 Line Spacing CTRL 5 File Management Add/remove 1 line space before text CTRL 0 (zero) New Document (normal template) CTRL N Open Existing Document CTRL O Save Document CTRL S Save Document As F12 Print Document CTRL P Print Preview CTRL F2 Spell Check Document F7 Thesaurus SHIFT F7 Find CTRL F Replace CTRL H Create AutoText ALT F3 Overtype Mode INSERT Help menu F1 Whats This Help Tool SHIFT F1 Redo ALT SHIFT BACKSPACE Repeat Last Command F4
Navigating
One character to the left One character to the right One word to the left CTRL One word to the right CTRL One paragraph up CTRL One paragraph down CTRL To the previous frame or object ALT To the next frame or object ALT One column to the left (in a table) CTRL One column to the right (in a table) CTRL Up one line Down one line To the end of a line END To the beginning of a line HOME To the top of a screen ALT CTRL PAGE UP To the bottom of a screen ALT CTRL PAGE DOWN Up one screen PAGE UP Down one screen PAGE DOWN Down One Page CTRL PAGE DOWN Up One Page CTRL PAGE UP To the end of a document CTRL END To the beginning of a document CTRL HOME To a previous cursor position SHIFT F5
Working In Tables
Move to Next cell in a row TAB Move to Previous cell in a row SHIFT TAB Move to First cell in a row ALT HOME Move to Top cell in a column ALT PAGE UP Move to Last cell in a row ALT END Move to Last cell in a column ALT PG DOWN Move to Previous row Move to Next row To Insert new paragraphs into a cell ENTER Alignments And Indents Insert a tab into a cell CTRL TAB Center a paragraph CTRL E Insert a new row at end of table TAB in last cell Justify a paragraph CTRL J Select a column ALT, left mouse Left-align a paragraph CTRL L Select entire table ALT + 5 (numeric keypad) Right-align a paragraph CTRL R Deletion Keys Indent a paragraph from the left CTRL M Remove Left Indent CTRL SHIFT M Delete left of cursor BACKSPACE Create a hanging indent CTRL T Delete word to left of cursor CTRL BACKSPACE Reduce a hanging indent CTRL SHIFT T Delete right of cursor DELETE Remove paragraph formatting applied by Delete word to right of cursor CTRL DELETE using shortcut keys or menu commands CTRL Q Cut (delete) selected text CTRL X Apply a style name CTRL SHIFT S Undo the last action CTRL Z Start AutoFormat CTRL K Apply the Normal style CTRL SHIFT N Working In Outlines Apply the Heading 1 style ALT CTRL 1 ALT SHIFT Apply the Heading 2 style ALT CTRL 2 Promote a paragraph ALT SHIFT Apply the Heading 3 style ALT CTRL 3 Demote a paragraph CTRL SHIFT N Apply the List style CTRL SHIFT L Demote to body text Expand text under a heading ALT SHIFT + Collapse text under a heading ALT SHIFT Show all text or headings ALT SHIFT A Display all text asterisk * on Num Keypad
Data Entry Shortcuts Start a new line in the same cell..................... ALT ENTER Enter Array Formula...................... CTRL SHIFT ENTER Display the Formula Palette ................................. CTRL A Insert Function arguments ....................... CTRL SHIFT A Insert a hyperlink....................................................CTRL K Edit the active cell ............................................................F2 Paste Function......................................................SHIFT F3 Calculate all workbooks ....................................................F9 Calculate active workbook .......................... CTRL ALT F9 Calculate active worksheet..................................SHIFT F9 Start a formula ....................................................................= Insert AutoSum formula..............................................ALT = Enter date .................................................................CTRL ; Enter time ....................................................CTRL SHIFT : Cancel Data Entry......................................................... ESC Fill down ................................................................ CTRL D Fill to the right ....................................................... CTRL R Fill range with current entry ....................... CTRL ENTER Copy ....................................................................... CTRL C Copy formatting ........................................ CTRL SHIFT C Copy value from cell above ........................CTRL SHIFT " Paste Once .............................................................. ENTER Paste Multiple Times.............................................. CTRL V Paste formatting only ................................ CTRL SHIFT V Cut .......................................................................... CTRL X Clear cell Contents................................................DELETE Delete Selection........................................CTRL HYPHEN Insert Blank Cells .......................................CTRL SHIFT + Edit a cell comment ..............................................SHIFT F2 Paste Range Names ...........................................................F3 Create Range Names ................................CTRL SHIFT F3 Define Range Name...............................................CTRL F3 Delete selection .......................BACKSPACE or DELETE Delete text to the end of the line ................CTRL DELETE Redo ....................................... ALT SHIFT BACKSPACE Repeat Last Command ......................................................F4 Insert a new worksheet .......................................SHIFT F11 Create a chart using selected range................................F11 Group sheets................... SHIFT CTRL PG DN or PG UP Undo....................................................................... CTRL Z
Formatting Shortcuts Style dialog box ...................................ALT ' (apostrophe) Format Cells dialog box.........................................CTRL 1 General number format ............................CTRL SHIFT ~ Currency Format ......................................CTRL SHIFT $ Percentage Format .................................CTRL SHIFT % Date Format..............................................CTRL SHIFT # Time Format ........................................... CTRL SHIFT @ Comma Format......................................... CTRL SHIFT ! Apply the outline border ......................... CTRL SHIFT & Remove outline borders ............................CTRL SHIFT _ Bold........................................................................ CTRL B Italics ...................................................................... CTRL I Underlining............................................................CTRL U Strikethrough ..........................................................CTRL 5 Hide rows................................................................CTRL 9 Unhide rows.............................................. CTRL SHIFT ( Hide columns ...............................................CTRL 0 (zero) Unhide columns ........................................ CTRL SHIFT ) Toggle displaying values or formulas..................... CTRL ` Display the AutoComplete list ...................................ALT Selecting Ranges Select current region ..................................CTRL SHIFT * Extend selection one cell........................... SHIFT Extend selection to last used cell ......... CTRL SHIFT END Select the entire column ....................... CTRL SPACEBAR Select the entire row............................ SHIFT SPACEBAR Select the entire worksheet......................................CTRL A Select all objects on sheet ....... CTRL SHIFT SPACEBAR Select the current array ........................................... CTRL / Select all cells with comments....................CTRL SHIFT O Select unmatching values ........................................ CTRL \ Select Direct Successors .......................................... CTRL [ Select all Successors ................................... CTRL SHIFT { Select Direct Predecessors....................................... CTRL ] Select all Predecessors ............................... CTRL SHIFT } Select visible cells in current selection ....................... ALT ;
Work in an outline
SHIFT+TAB Promote a paragraph TAB Demote a paragraph ALT+SHIFT+UP ARROW Move selected paragraphs up ALT+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW Move selected paragraphs down ALT+SHIFT+1 Show heading level 1 ALT+SHIFT+PLUS SIGN Expand text below a heading ALT+SHIFT+MINUS SIGN Collapse text below a heading ALT+SHIFT+A Show all or collapse all text or headings SLASH (/) on the keypad Turn character formatting on or off Show or hide a grid or guides SHIFT+F9 Show or hide the entire grid ALT+F9 Show or hide guides CTRL+G
Align paragraphs
CTRL+E CTRL+J CTRL+L CTRL+R Center a paragraph Justify a paragraph Left align a paragraph Right align a paragraph