MS Word Shortcut Keys
Function Shortcut Description
Bold CTRL + B Makes the text bold
Italic CTRL + I Italicizes the text
Underline CTRL + U Underlines the text
Increases the font size by one factor. Same as
CTRL + SHIFT +
Increase Font Size pressing the button. After 12pt, font size
>
increases by two points with each press.
Decreases the font size one facto. Same as
Decrease Font CTRL + SHIFT +
Size < pressing the button. After 12pt, font size
decreases by two points with each press.
Left Align CTRL + L Aligns the selected text to the left
Center Align CTRL + E Aligns the text to the center
Right Align CTRL + R Aligns the text to the right
Justify CTRL + J Justifies the selected paragraph
Opens the font format window where you can
Font Format CTRL + D
select the font size, family, color, etc.
Indents the selected paragraph. Equivalent to
Indent Paragraph CTRL + M
pressing TAB once.
Show/Hide CTRL + * (i.e. Shows all the formatting symbols on page.
Formatting CTRL + SHIFT +
Symbols 8) Same as pressing the button.
Opens the font format window with the font
CTRL + SHIFT +
Change Font highlighted. A faster way to change font than
F
pressing CTRL + D
Increase Font Size Increases font size by only one point, regardless
CTRL + ]
by One Pt. of current size.
Decrease Font Decreases font size by only one point,
CTRL + [
Size by One Pt. regardless of current size.
Redo CTRL + Y Repeats the last action
Undo CTRL + Z Undo the last action
Find CTRL + F Find specific text/characters in the document
Replace specific text/characters in the
Replace CTRL + H
document
Selects all text on the page. Useful for copy-
Select All CTRL + A
pasting entire documents
Standard keyboard shortcut for copying
Copy CTRL + C
anything. Applicable across Windows
Instead of making a copy, removes the text
from the current location and copies it to the
Cut CTRL + X
clipboard, from where it can be pasted into
another location
Pastes anything from the clipboard into your
Paste CTRL + V
current location
Saves the current document in your specified
Save CTRL + S
location
Open CTRL + O Opens an existing document
New CTRL + N Creates a new document
Move Cursor One
CTRL + Moves the cursor one word to the left
Word to the Left
Move Cursor One
CTRL + Moves the cursor one word to the right
Word to the Right
Move Cursor to CTRL + Up- Moves cursor to the beginning of the current
Line Start arrow paragraph
Move Cursor to CTRL + Down-
Moves cursor to the end of current paragraph
Line End arrow
Delete Word to CTRL + Deletes any element to the left of the current
the Left Backspace cursor position
Delete Word to Deletes any element to the right of the current
CTRL + Delete
the Right cursor position
Move to
CTRL + End Moves cursor to the end of the document
Document End
Move to
CTRL + Home Moves cursor to the beginning of the document
Document Start
Single Line
CTRL + 1 Changes line-spacing to single space
Spacing
Double Line
CTRL + 2 Changes to double line spacing
Spacing
Save As F12 Opens the ‘Save As’ dialog box
Print CTRL + P Opens the Print dialog box
Find/Replace F5 Opens the find/replace/go-to dialog box
Spell Check F7 Opens the spell check
Insert Link CTRL + K Inserts a link at the current location
