K
E Y B O A R D S
H O R T C U T S
Keyboard
shortcuts can save time of having to switch from the keyboard
to the mouse to execute simple commands.
Note:
A plus sign indicates that the keys need to be pressed at the
same time.
| Document
actions |
| Open
a file |
CTRL+O |
| New
file |
CTRL+N |
| Close
a file |
CTRL+W |
| Save
As |
F12 |
| Save |
CTRL+S
or SHIFT+F12 |
| Print
Preview |
CTRL+F2 |
| Print |
CTRL+P |
| Show/Hide
paragraph symbols |
CTRL+* |
| Spelling
and grammar |
F7 |
| Help |
F1 |
| Find |
CTRL+F |
| Replace |
CTRL+H |
| Go
To |
CTRL+G |
| Cursor
movement |
| Select
all - entire document |
CTRL+A |
| Select
from cursor to beginning of line |
SHIFT+Home |
| Select
from cursor to end of line |
SHIFT+END |
| Go
to beginning of line |
HOME |
| Go
to end of line |
END |
| Go
to beginning of document |
CTRL+Home |
| Go
to end of document |
CTRL+End |
| Formatting |
| Cut |
CTRL+X |
| Copy |
CTRL+C |
| Paste |
CTRL+V |
| Undo |
CTRL+Z |
| Redo |
CTRL+Y |
| Format
painter |
CTRL+SHIFT+C |
| Left
alignment |
CTRL+L |
| Center
alignment |
CTRL+E |
| Right
alignment |
CTRL+R |
| Justified |
CTRL+J |
| Delete
previous word |
CTRL+Backspace |
| Apply
bulleted list |
CTRL+SHIFT+L |
| Indent |
CTRL+M
|
| Page
break |
CTRL+Enter |
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| Text
Style |
| Font
face |
CTRL+SHIFT+F |
| Font
size |
CTRL+SHIFT+P |
| Bold |
CTRL+B |
| Italics |
CTRL+I |
| Underline |
CTRL+U |
| Double
underline |
CTRL+SHIFT+D |
| Word
underline |
CTRL+SHIFT+W |
| All
caps |
CTRL+SHIFT+A |
| Change
case |
SHIFT+F3 |
| Subscript |
CTRL+= |
| Superscript |
CTRL+SHIFT+= |
| Make
web hyperlink |
CTRL+K |
| Tables |
| Go
to next cell |
Tab |
| Go
to previous cell |
SHIFT+Tab |
| Go
to beginning of column |
ALT+PageUp |
| Highlight
to beginning of column |
ALT+SHIFT+PageUp |
| Go
to end of column |
ALT+PageDown |
| Highlight
to end of column |
ALT+SHIFT+PageDown |
| Go
to beginning of row |
ALT+Home |
| Highlight
to beginning of row |
ALT+SHIFT+Home |
| Go
to end of row |
ALT+End |
| Highlight
to end of row |
ALT+SHIFT+End |
| Column
break |
CTRL+SHIFT+Enter |
| Miscellaneous |
| Copyright
symbol - © |
ALT+CTRL+C |
| Date
field |
ALT+SHIFT+D |
| Go
to footnotes |
ALT+CTRL+F |
| Show/Hide
¶ |
CTRL+SHIFT+8 |
| Thesaurus |
SHIFT+F7 |
|
To
print a list of all the shortcuts in Word, follow these steps:
Select
Tools|Macro|Macros from the menu bar.
From
the Macros In drop-down menu, select Word Commands.
Select
ListCommands from the macro listing.
Click
the Run button.
Choose Current Menu and Keyboard Settings from the popup
window and click OK.
Word
will automatically open a new document containing a table of
keystrokes. Print the document