Shortcut Keys of MS-Word

1. Frequently used Shortcuts

press Ctrl + O to open a document

press Ctrl + N to create a new document

press Ctrl + S to save the document

press Shift + F12 to save the document

press F12 to save as the document

press Ctrl + F12 to open document from file explorer

press Ctrl + W to close the document

press Ctrl + X to cut the selected content to the Clipboard

press Ctrl + C to copy the selected content to the Clipboard

press Ctrl + V to paste the contents of the Clipboard

press Ctrl + Shift + V to paste text only

press Ctrl + A to select all document content

press Ctrl + B to apply bold formatting to selected text

press Ctrl + I to apply italic formatting to the selected text

press Ctrl + U to apply underline formatting to the selected text

press Ctrl + Shift + W to apply underline formatting to the words, but not the spaces.

press Ctrl + Shift + D to apply double-underline formatting

press Ctrl + Left bracket ([) or Right bracket (]) to decrease or increase the selected font size by 1 Calibri

press Ctrl + E to align the line or selected text to the center

press Ctrl + J to align the line or selected text to justify the screen

press Ctrl + L to align the line or selected text to the left

press Ctrl + R to align the line or selected text to the right

press Ctrl + M to indent the paragraph

press Ctrl + Shift + M to remove a paragraph indent

press Ctrl + T to create a hanging indent

press Ctrl + Shift + T to remove a hanging indent

press Ctrl + Q to remove paragraph formatting

press Ctrl + 1 to apply single spacing to the paragraph.

press Ctrl + 2 to apply double spacing to the paragraph.

press Ctrl + 5 to apply 1.5-line spacing to the paragraph.

press Ctrl + Alt + 1 to apply the Heading 1 style

press Ctrl + Alt + 2 to apply the Heading 2 style

press Ctrl + Alt + 3 to apply the Heading 3 style

press Esc to cancel a command

press Ctrl + Z to undo the previous action

press Ctrl + Y to redo the previous action, if possible.

press Ctrl + (+/-) to zoom in/out

press Ctrl + 0 to return back to 100% zoom

press Ctrl + Scroll to zoom in and out with mouse

press Ctrl + Alt + S to split the document window or remove the document window split

press Alt + Shift + S to remove the document window split

press Alt or F10 to move to a different tab, use access keys or the arrow keys. (to select the active tab on the ribbon and activate the access keys.)

press Ctrl + F1 to expand or collapse the ribbon

press Ctrl + Shift + F10 to show the tooltip for the ribbon element currently in focus

press Shift + F10 to open the context menu

2. Navigate the document

press Ctrl + Left arrow key or Right arrow key to move the cursor one word to the left or right

press Ctrl + Up arrow key or Down arrow key to move the cursor up or down by one paragraph

press Home to move the cursor to the beginning of the current line.

press End to move the cursor to the end of the current line.

press Ctrl + Alt + Page Up or Page Down to move the cursor to the top or beginning of the screen

press Page Up or Page Down to move the cursor by scrolling the document view up or down by one screen

press Ctrl + Page Up or Page Down to move the cursor to the top of the next page or previous page

press Ctrl + Home to move the cursor to the beginning of the document

press Ctrl + End to move the cursor to the end of the document

press Shift + F5 to move the cursor to the location of the previous revision

press Shift + F5, immediately after opening the document. to move the cursor to the location of the last revision made before the document was last closed

press Ctrl + F to display the Navigation task pane, to search within the document content

press Ctrl + G to display the Go To dialog box, to navigate to a specific page, bookmark, footnote, table, comment, graphic, or other location

press Ctrl + H to replace

press Ctrl + P to print the document

press Ctrl + Shift + F12 to print the document

press Ctrl + F2 to print document

press Ctrl + Alt + I to switch to print preview

press Shift + arrow keys to select text

press double click on word to select one word

press Ctrl + click to select one sentence

press triple click to select one paragraph

press Ctrl + Shift + Left Arrow key or Right Arrow key to select one by one word continuously

press Shift + Home to select from the current position to the beginning of the current line

press Shift + End to select from the current position to the end of the current line

press Ctrl + Shift + Up Arrow key or Down Arrow key to select from the current position to the beginning or of the current paragraph

press Shift + Page up or Page down to select from the current position to the top or bottom of the screen

press Ctrl + Shift + Home to select from the current position to the beginning of the document

press Ctrl + Shift + End to select from the current position to the end of the document

press Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Page up or Page down to select from the current position to the top or bottom of the window

press F8 to start extending the selection. (In the extend selection mode, clicking a location in the document extends the current selection to that location)

press F8... repeatedly to expand the selection to the entire word, sentence, paragraph, section, and document

press Shift + F8 to reduce the selection

press Esc to stop extending the selection

press Ctrl + Backspace to delete one word to the left

press Ctrl + Delete to delete one word to the right

press Ctrl + Alt + C to copy the selected text formatting

press Ctrl + Alt + V to paste the selected text formatting

press Alt + Shift + R to copy the header or footer used in the previous section of the document

press Ctrl + D to display the font dialog box

press Ctrl + Shift + F to display the font dialog box

press Ctrl + Shift + P to display the font dialog box

press Ctrl + Shift + left angle bracket(<) or Right angle bracket(>) to decrease or increase the font-size 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,14,16,18,20,22,24,26,28,36,48,72,80,90,....1610,1620,1630,1638 Calibri and its reverse of selected text

press Shift + F3 to switch the text between upper case, lower case, and title case

press Ctrl + Shift + A to change the text to all upper case

press Ctrl + Shift + H to hide the selected text

press Ctrl + Shift + L to add a bulleted list

press Ctrl + Shift + K to apply small caps formatting

press Ctrl + Shift + Minus sign(-) to apply subscript formatting

press Ctrl + Shift + Plus sign(+) to apply superscript formatting

press Ctrl + Spacebar to remove manual character formatting

press Ctrl + Shift + 8 to view or hide pilcrow/non-printing character/paragraph mark

press Shift + F1 to display the Reveal Formatting task pane

press Shift + enter to insert a line break

press Ctrl + enter to insert a page break

press Ctrl + Shift + enter to insert a column break

press Ctrl + Minus sign (on the numeric keypad) to insert an en dash (–)

press Ctrl + Alt + Minus sign (on the numeric keypad) to insert an em dash (—)

press Ctrl + Alt + Minus sign (-) to insert an optional hyphen

press Shift + Alt + Minus sign (-) to insert an nonbreaking hyphen

press Ctrl + Shift + Spacebar to to insert an nonbreaking space

press alt + Shift + D/T to insert the current Date/Time

press Ctrl + alt + C to insert a copyright symbol (©)

press Ctrl + alt + R to insert a registered trademark symbol (®)

press Ctrl + alt + T to insert a trademark symbol (™)

press Ctrl + alt + . to insert an ellipsis (…)

press Ctrl + K to insert a hyperlink

press F9 to refresh document, (eg: to update formula in a table)

press F7 to check the grammar and spelling error

press F5 to go to

press Shift + Insert to paste if numeric lock on

press F1 to open help

press F4 repeats the last command or action, if possible

press Ctrl + backspace two times for undo

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