Important Shortcuts Used For Word Processing

 

Below is a listing of the more commonly used shortcut keys in Microsoft Word:

Shortcut	Description
Ctrl+0	Toggles 6pts of spacing before a paragraph.
Ctrl+A	Select all contents of the page.
Ctrl+B	Bold highlighted selection.
Ctrl+C	Copy selected text.
Ctrl+D	Open the font preferences window.
Ctrl+E	Aligns the line or selected text to the center of the screen.
Ctrl+F	Open find box.
Ctrl+I	Italic highlighted selection.
Ctrl+J	Aligns the selected text or line to justify the screen.
Ctrl+K	Insert a hyperlink.
Ctrl+L	Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the screen.
Ctrl+M	Indent the paragraph.
Ctrl+N	Opens new, blank document window.
Ctrl+O	Opens the dialog box or page for selecting a file to open.
Ctrl+P	Open the print window.
Ctrl+R	Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the screen.
Ctrl+S	Save the open document. Just like Shift+F12.
Alt, F, A	Save the document under a different file name.
Ctrl+T	Create a hanging indent.
Ctrl+U	Underline the selected text.
Ctrl+V	Paste.
Ctrl+W	Close the currently open document.
Ctrl+X	Cut selected text.
Ctrl+Y	Redo the last action performed.
Ctrl+Z	Undo last action.
Ctrl+Shift+L	Quickly create a bullet point.
Ctrl+Shift+F	Change the font.
Ctrl+Shift+>	Increase selected font +1pts up to 12pt and then increase font +2pts.
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+/+c	Insert a cent sign (¢).
Ctrl+'+<char>	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.
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	1.5-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.
Alt+Ctrl+F2	Open new document.
Ctrl+F1	Open the Task Pane.
Ctrl+F2	Display the print preview.
Ctrl+Shift+>	Increases the selected text size by one font size.
Ctrl+Shift+<	Decreases the selected text size by one font size.
Ctrl+Shift+F6	Switches to another open Microsoft Word document.
Ctrl+Shift+F12	Prints the document.
F1	Open Help.
F4	Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+).
F5	Open the Find, Replace, and Go To window in Microsoft Word.
F7	Spellcheck and grammar check selected text or document.
F12	Save As.
Shift+F3	Change the text in Microsoft Word from uppercase to lowercase or a capital letter at the beginning of every word.
Shift+F7	Runs a Thesaurus check on the selected word.
Shift+F12	Save the open document. Just like Ctrl+S.
Shift+Enter	Create a soft break instead of a new paragraph.
Shift+Insert	Paste.
Shift+Alt+D	Insert the current date.
Shift+Alt+T	Insert the current time.