Shortcut Keys for Microsoft Word

Important Shortcut Keys for Microsoft Word

Ctrl + A

Select all contents of the page

Ctrl + B

Bold highlighted selection

Ctrl + C

Copy selected text

Ctrl + D

Open fonts dialog box

Ctrl + E

Aligns the line or selected text to the center of the screen

Ctrl + F

Open find box

Ctrl + G

Open Goto dialog box

Ctrl + H

Open Replace dialog box

Ctrl + I

Italic highlighted selection

Ctrl + J

Aligns the selected text or line to justify the screen

Ctrl + K

Insert link

Ctrl + L

Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the screen

Ctrl + M

Indent the paragraph

Ctrl + N

Create a new document

Ctrl + O

Opens Open dialog box

Ctrl + P

Open the print window

Ctrl + R

Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the screen

Ctrl + T

Create a hanging indent

Ctrl + U

Underline highlighted selection

Ctrl + V

Paste

Ctrl + W

Close active document window

Ctrl + X

Cut selected text

Ctrl + Y

Redo the last action performed

Ctrl + Z

Undo last action

Ctrl + Shift + F

Change the font

Ctrl + Shift + >

Increase selected font +1pts up to 12pt and then increases font +2pts

Ctrl + ]

Increase selected font by one point

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

15-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 Microsoft 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 Microsoft Word

Ctrl + Shift + F6

Opens to another open Microsoft 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