Word Shortcuts

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Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts can save time and the effort of switching from the keyboard to the
mouse to execute simple commands. Print this list of Word keyboard shortcuts and keep it
by your computer for a quick reference.
Note: A plus sign indicates that the keys need to be pressed at the same time.
Action

Keystroke

Action

Document actions

Keystroke
Text Style

Open a file

CTRL+O

Font face

CTRL+SHIFT+F

New file

CTRL+N

Font size

CTRL+SHIFT+P

Close a file

CTRL+W

Bold

CTRL+B

Save As

F12

Italics

CTRL+I

Save

CTRL+S or
SHIFT+F12

Underline

CTRL+U

Double underline

CTRL+SHIFT+D

Print Preview

CTRL+F2

Word underline

CTRL+SHIFT+W

Print

CTRL+P

All caps

CTRL+SHIFT+A

Show/Hide paragraph
symbols

CTRL+*

Change case

SHIFT+F3

Spelling and grammar

F7

Subscript

CTRL+=

Help

F1

Superscript

CTRL+SHIFT+=

Find

CTRL+F

Make web hyperlink

CTRL+K

Replace

CTRL+H

Go To

CTRL+G

Formatting
Cut

CTRL+X

Copy

CTRL+C

Paste

CTRL+V

Undo

CTRL+Z

Redo

CTRL+Y

Select from cursor to end of

SHIFT+END
line

Format painter

CTRL+SHIFT+C

Left alignment

CTRL+L

Go to beginning of line

HOME

Center alignment

CTRL+E

Go to end of line

END

Right alignment

CTRL+R

Go to beginning of
document

CTRL+Home

Justified

CTRL+J

Delete previous word

CTRL+Backspace

Go to end of document

CTRL+End

Apply bulleted list

CTRL+SHIFT+L

Indent

CTRL+M

Page break

CTRL+Enter

Cursor movement
Select all - entire document CTRL+A
Select from cursor to
beginning of line

SHIFT+Home

Prepared by: Sheila E. Dimasuhid

Word Shortcuts

Tables
Go to next
cell

Tab

Miscellaneous
Copyright symbol -

ALT+CTRL+C

Date field

ALT+SHIFT+D

Go to
SHIFT+Tab
previous cell

Go to footnotes

ALT+CTRL+F

Go to
beginning of ALT+PageUp
column

Show/Hide

CTRL+SHIFT+8

Thesaurus

SHIFT+F7

Highlight to
beginning of ALT+SHIFT+PageUp
column
Go to end of
ALT+PageDown
column
Highlight to
end of
column

ALT+SHIFT+PageDown

Go to
beginning of ALT+Home
row
Highlight to
beginning of ALT+SHIFT+Home
row
Go to end of
ALT+End
row
Highlight to
end of row

ALT+SHIFT+End

Column
break

CTRL+SHIFT+Enter

All Shortcuts
This list shows only the most common keyboard shortcuts. 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.

Prepared by: Sheila E. Dimasuhid