MS.
WORD
SHORTCUTS
Ctrl + A = Select all contents of the page
Ctrl + B = Bold highlighted selection
Ctrl + C = Copy selected text
Ctrl + X = Cut selected text
Ctrl + P = Open the print window
Ctrl + F = Open find box
Ctrl + I = Italic highlighted selection
Ctrl + K = Insert link
Ctrl + U = Underline highlighted selection
Ctrl + V = Paste
Ctrl + Y = Redo the last action performed
Ctrl + Z = Undo last action
Ctrl + L = Aligns the line or selected text
to the left of the screen
Ctrl + E = Aligns the line or selected text
to the center of the screen
Ctrl + R = Aligns the line or selected text
to the right of the screen
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.
MS. WORD
SHORTCUTS
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 + = Moves one word to the right
Ctrl + = Moves one word to the left
Ctrl + = Moves to the beginning of the
line or paragraph
Ctrl + = Moves to the end of 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
MS. WORD
SHORTCUTS
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 + 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
