Keyboard shortcuts

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 Document actions



Action Text Style Font face Font size Bold Italics Underline Double underline Word underline All caps Change case Subscript Superscript Make web hyperlink



Keystroke



Open a file New file Close a file Save As Save Print Preview Print Show/Hide paragraph symbols Spelling and grammar Help Find Replace Go To



CTRL+O CTRL+N CTRL+W F12 CTRL+S or SHIFT+F12 CTRL+F2 CTRL+P CTRL+* F7 F1 CTRL+F CTRL+H CTRL+G



CTRL+SHIFT+F CTRL+SHIFT+P CTRL+B CTRL+I CTRL+U CTRL+SHIFT+D CTRL+SHIFT+W CTRL+SHIFT+A SHIFT+F3 CTRL+= CTRL+SHIFT+= CTRL+K



Tables Go to next cell Tab Go to previous SHIFT+Tab cell Go to beginning of column Highlight to beginning of column Go to end of column ALT+PageUp



Cursor movement Select all - entire document Select from cursor to beginning of line Select from cursor to end of line Go to beginning of line Go to end of line Go to beginning of document Go to end of document Formatting CTRL+A SHIFT+Home SHIFT+END HOME END CTRL+Home CTRL+End



ALT+SHIFT+PageUp ALT+PageDown



Highlight to ALT+SHIFT+PageDown end of column Go to beginning of row Highlight to ALT+Home



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Cut Copy Paste Undo Redo Format painter Left alignment Center alignment Right alignment Justified Apply bulleted list Indent Page break



CTRL+X CTRL+C CTRL+V CTRL+Z CTRL+Y CTRL+SHIFT+C CTRL+L CTRL+E CTRL+R CTRL+J CTRL+SHIFT+L CTRL+M CTRL+Enter



Highlight to beginning of row Go to end of row Highlight to end of row Column break



ALT+SHIFT+Home ALT+End ALT+SHIFT+End CTRL+SHIFT+Enter



Miscellaneous Copyright symbol - © ALT+CTRL+C Date field Go to footnotes Show/Hide ¶ Thesaurus ALT+SHIFT+D ALT+CTRL+F CTRL+SHIFT+8 SHIFT+F7



Delete previous word CTRL+Backspace



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.



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