MS Word Shortcut Keys

Microsoft Word Shortcut Keys

The shortcut keys below are very useful when you work on Microsoft Word documents often. Try to memorize some of these keys, whichever you feel you would use more often and practice yourself with those keys. You'll find a big help on your work.

Shortcut Description
Ctrl + A Select all.

Ctrl + B Bold highlighted selection.

Ctrl + C Copy selection.

Ctrl + V Paste the copied items.

Ctrl + X Cut selection.

Ctrl + P Open the print window.

Ctrl + F Open find box.

Ctrl + I Italic highlighted selection.

Ctrl + U Underline highlighted selection.

Ctrl + K Insert link.

Ctrl + Z Undo.

Ctrl + Y Redo.

Ctrl + L Aligns the line or selected text to the left.

Ctrl + E Aligns the line or selected text to the center.

Ctrl + R Aligns the line or selected text to the right.

Ctrl + M Indent the paragraph.

Ctrl + Shift + F Change the font.

Ctrl + Shift + > Increase selected font +1pts up to 12pt and then increases 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 + Shift + * View or hide non printing characters.

Ctrl + <left arrow> Moves one word to the left.

Ctrl + <right arrow> Moves one word to the right.

Ctrl + <up arrow> Moves to the beginning of the line or paragraph.

Ctrl + <down arrow> 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.

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.

Ctrl + F1 Open the Task Pane.

F1 Open Help.

Alt + Ctrl + F2 Open new document.

Ctrl + F2 Display the print preview.

Shift + F3 Change the text in Mcft Word from upper to lower case or a capital letter at the beginning of every word.

Shift + Insert Paste.

F4 Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+)

F5 Open the find, replace, and go to window in Mcft Word.

Ctrl + Shift + F6 Opens to another open Mcft Word document.

F7 Spell and grammar check selected text and/or document.

Shift + F7 Runs a Thesaurus check on the word highlighted.

F12 Save as.

Shift + F12 Save.

Ctrl + Shift + F12 Prints the document.

Alt + Shift + D Insert the current date.

Alt + Shift + T Insert the current time.

Note : Use these above tricks at your own risk.

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