Microsoft Word Useful shortcut keys

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+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.
• Ctrl+[ - Decrease selected font -1pts.
• Ctrl+/+c - Insert a cent sign (¢).
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Shift+Enter - Create a soft break instead of a new paragraph.
• Shift+Insert - Paste.
• Shift+Alt+D - Insert the current date.
• Shift+Alt+T - Insert the current time.