Microsoft Word Keyboard Shortcuts

Word Shortcut key with Description

Ctrl+0 –Toggles 6pts of spacing above the 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. Like Shift+F12. Alt+F, A Save the document under a different file name.
Alt+X –Show the Unicode code of a highlighted character.
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.

Microsoft Word Keyboard Shortcuts

Ctrl+Shift+A –Sets the selected text to all capital letters.
Ctrl+Shift+D –Adds double underline to the selected text.
Ctrl+Shift+E –Enable or disable revision tracking.
Ctrl+Shift+F –Opens Font window to change the font.
Ctrl+Shift+L –Quickly create a bullet point.
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 (acute) mark, where <char> is the character you want. For example, if you wanted an accented é you would use Ctrl+’+e as your shortcut key. To reverse the accent mark, use the opposite accent mark, often found 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.

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Ctrl+1 Single-space lines.
Ctrl+2 Double-space lines.
Ctrl+5 1.5-line spacing.
Ctrl+= Set selected text as subscript.
Ctrl+Shift+= Set selected text as superscript.
Ctrl+Alt+T Insert trademark (TM) symbol.
Ctrl+Alt+1 Changes text to heading 1.
Ctrl+Alt+2 Changes text to heading 2.
Ctrl+Alt+3 Changes text to heading 3.
Ctrl+Alt+F2 Open new document.

Microsoft Word Keyboard Shortcuts

Ctrl+F1 Open the Task Pane.
Ctrl+F2 Display the print preview.
Ctrl+Shift+> Increases the font size of selected text by one point.
Ctrl+Shift+< Decreases the font size of selected text by one point.
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. 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.