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Ms Word Frequently Used Shortcuts

Microsoft Word Keyboard Shortcuts

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Frequently used shortcuts

This table shows the most frequently used shortcuts in Microsoft Word.

To do this Press
Go to "Tell me what you want to
Alt+Q
do"
Open Ctrl+O
Save Ctrl+S
Close Ctrl+W
Cut Ctrl+X
Copy Ctrl+C
Paste Ctrl+V
Select all Ctrl+A
Bold Ctrl+B
Italic Ctrl+I
Underline Ctrl+U
Decrease font size 1 point Ctrl+[
Increase font size 1 point Ctrl+]
Center text Ctrl+E
Left align text Ctrl+L
Right align text Ctrl+R
Cancel Esc
Undo Ctrl+Z
Re-do Ctrl+Y
Alt+W, Q, then tab in Zoom dialog box to the value you
Zoom
want.
Shortcut Description
Ctrl + 0 Toggles 6pts of spacing before a 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 Aligns the line or selected text to the center of the screen.
Ctrl + F Open find box.
Ctrl + I Italic highlighted selection.
Ctrl + J Aligns the selected text or line to justify the screen.
Ctrl + K Insert a hyperlink.
Ctrl + L Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the screen.
Ctrl + M Indent the paragraph.
Ctrl + N Opens new, blank document window.
Ctrl + O Opens the dialog box or page for selecting a file to open.
Ctrl + P Open the print window.
Ctrl + R Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the screen.
Ctrl + S Save the open document. Just like Shift + F12.
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 +
Quickly create a bullet point.
L
Ctrl + Shift +
Change the font.
F
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 (¢).
Insert a character with an accent (grave) mark, where <char> is the character you
Ctrl + ' + want. For example, if you wanted an accented è you would use Ctrl + ' + e as
<char> your shortcut key. To reverse the accent mark use the opposite accent mark, often
on the tilde key.
Ctrl + Shift + View or hide non printing characters.
*
Ctrl + <left
Moves one word to the left.
arrow>
Ctrl + <right
Moves one word to the right.
arrow>
Ctrl + <up
Moves to the beginning of the line or paragraph.
arrow>
Ctrl + <down
Moves to the end of the paragraph.
arrow>
Ctrl + Del Deletes word to right of cursor.
Ctrl +
Deletes word to left of cursor.
Backspace
Ctrl + End Moves the cursor to the end of the document.
Ctrl + Home Moves the cursor to the beginning of the document.
Ctrl +
Reset highlighted text to the default font.
Spacebar
Ctrl + 1 Single-space lines.
Ctrl + 2 Double-space lines.
Ctrl + 5 1.5-line spacing.
Ctrl + Alt + 1 Changes text to heading 1.
Ctrl + Alt + 2 Changes text to heading 2.
Ctrl + Alt + 3 Changes text to heading 3.
Alt + Ctrl +
Open new document.
F2
Ctrl + F1 Open the Task Pane.
Ctrl + F2 Display the print preview.
Ctrl + Shift +
Increases the selected text size by one.
>
Ctrl + Shift +
Decreases the selected text size by one.
<
Ctrl + Shift +
Switches to another open Microsoft Word document.
F6
Ctrl + Shift +
Prints the document.
F12
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.
Change the text in Microsoft Word from uppercase to lowercase or a capital letter
Shift + F3
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.
Shift + Enter Create a soft break instead of a new paragraph.
Shift + Insert Paste.
Shift + Alt +
Insert the current date.
D
Shift + Alt +
Insert the current time.
T

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