Microsoft Word shortcut keys
Shortcut
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Description
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Ctrl + 0
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Adds or removes 6pts of spacing
before a paragraph.
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Ctrl + A
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Select all contents of the page.
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Ctrl + B
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Bold highlighted selection.
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Ctrl + C
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Copy selected text.
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Ctrl + D
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Open the font preferences window.
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Ctrl + E
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Aligns the line or selected text
to the center of the screen.
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Ctrl + F
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Open find box.
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Ctrl + I
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Italic highlighted selection.
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Ctrl + J
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Aligns the selected text or line
to justify the screen.
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Ctrl + K
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Insert link.
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Ctrl + L
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Aligns the line or selected text
to the left of the screen.
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Ctrl + M
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Indent the paragraph.
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Ctrl + P
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Open the print window.
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Ctrl + R
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Aligns the line or selected text
to the right of the screen.
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Ctrl + T
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Create a hanging indent.
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Ctrl + U
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Underline highlighted selection.
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Ctrl + V
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Paste.
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Ctrl + X
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Cut selected text.
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Ctrl + Y
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Redo the last action performed.
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Ctrl + Z
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Undo last action.
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Ctrl + Shift + L
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Quickly create a bullet point.
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Ctrl + Shift + F
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Change the font.
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Ctrl + Shift + >
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Increase selected font +1pts up to
12pt and then increases font +2pts.
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Ctrl + ]
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Increase selected font +1pts.
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Ctrl + Shift + <
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Decrease selected font -1pts if
12pt or lower, if above 12 decreases font by +2pt.
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Ctrl + [
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Decrease selected font -1pts.
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Ctrl + / + c
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Insert a cent sign (¢).
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Ctrl + ' + <char>
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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.
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Ctrl + Shift + *
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View or hide non printing
characters.
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Ctrl + <left arrow>
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Moves one word to the left.
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Ctrl + <right arrow>
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Moves one word to the right.
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Ctrl + <up arrow>
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Moves to the beginning of the line
or paragraph.
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Ctrl + <down arrow>
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Moves to the end of the paragraph.
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Ctrl + Del
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Deletes word to right of cursor.
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Ctrl + Backspace
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Deletes word to left of cursor.
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Ctrl + End
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Moves the cursor to the end of the
document.
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Ctrl + Home
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Moves the cursor to the beginning
of the document.
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Ctrl + Spacebar
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Reset highlighted text to the
default font.
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Ctrl + 1
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Single-space lines.
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Ctrl + 2
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Double-space lines.
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Ctrl + 5
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1.5-line spacing.
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Ctrl + Alt + 1
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Changes text to heading 1.
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Ctrl + Alt + 2
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Changes text to heading 2.
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Ctrl + Alt + 3
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Changes text to heading 3.
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Alt + Ctrl + F2
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Open new document.
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Ctrl + F1
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Open the Task Pane.
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Ctrl + F2
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Display the print preview.
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Ctrl + Shift + >
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Increases the highlighted text
size by one.
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Ctrl + Shift + <
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Decreases the highlighted text
size by one.
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Ctrl + Shift + F6
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Opens to another open Microsoft
Word document.
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Ctrl + Shift + F12
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Prints the document.
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F1
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Open Help.
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F4
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Repeat the last action performed
(Word 2000+)
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F5
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Open the find, replace, and go to
window in Microsoft Word.
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F7
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Spellcheck and grammar check
selected text or document.
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F12
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Save as.
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Shift + F3
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Change the text in Microsoft Word
from uppercase to lowercase or a capital letter at the beginning of every
word.
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Shift + F7
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Runs a Thesaurus check on the word
highlighted.
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Shift + F12
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Save.
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Shift + Enter
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Create a soft break instead of a
new paragraph.
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Shift + Insert
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Paste.
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Shift + Alt + D
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Insert the current date.
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Shift + Alt + T
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Insert the current time.
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Addition shortcuts
In addition to the above shortcut keys users can also use their mouse as a method of quickly do something commonly performed. Below some are examples of mouse shortcuts.
Mouse
shortcuts
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Description
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Click, hold, and drag
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Selects text from where you click
and hold to the point you drag and let go.
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Double-click
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If double-click a word, selects
the complete word.
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Double-click
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Double-clicking on the left,
center, or right of a blank line will make the alignment of the text left,
center, or right aligned.
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Double-click
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Double-clicking anywhere after
text on a line will set a tab stop.
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Triple-click
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Selects the line or paragraph of
the text the mouse triple-clicked.
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Ctrl + Mouse wheel
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Zooms in and out of document.
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