WORD KEY SHORTCUTS

DOCUMENT HANDLING

Create New document – Ctrl+N

Open document – Ctrl+O

Close document Window – Ctrl+W

Save document – Ctrl+S

Save as – F12

Print document or Open Print preview- Ctrl+P

Switch between multiple Word documents- Ctrl+F6

DOCUMENT VIEW

Switch to Print Layout view – Alt+Ctrl+P

Switch to Outline view – Alt+Ctrl+O

Switch to Draft view (used to see Normal view) – Alt+Ctrl+N

Zoom in and zoom out – Ctrl+Scroll Mouse

CURSOR MOVEMENT

Jump one character to the Left / to the Right- Arrow Left/Arrow Right

Jump one word to the left / to the right- Ctrl+Arrow Left/Ctrl+Arrow Right

Jump to the End of a line / Beginning of a line- End/Home

Jump one Line down / one Line down- Arrow Down/Arrow Up

Jump one Paragraph down / one Paragraph up- Ctrl+Arrow Down/ Ctrl+Arrow Up

Jump one Screen down/ one Screen up- Page Down/Page Up

Jump to End / to Beginning of document- Ctrl+End/Ctrl+Home

Go back to previously edited location in document (up to 4 places)- Alt+Ctrl+Z

TEXT SELECTION

Extend selection one character to the Right / to the Left- Shift+Arrow Right/Left

Extend selection to the End / to Beginning of a line- Shift+End/Shift+Home

Extend selection one line Down / one line Up- Shift+Arrow Down/Up

Extend selection one screen down / one screen up- Shift+Page Down/Up

Extend selection to end / to beginning of document- Ctrl+Shift+End/Home

Extend selection to end / to beginning of visible window- Alt+Ctrl+Shift+Page Down/Up

Extend selection to entire document- Ctrl+A

TEXT STYLE

Decrease / Increase font size one value- Ctrl+Shift+

Apply/remove Bold- Ctrl+B

Apply/remove Italic- Ctrl+I

Apply/remove Underline- Ctrl+U

Apply/remove subscript –Ctrl+=

Apply/remove superscript- Ctrl+Shift+=

Apply/remove Double-underline- Ctrl+Shift+D

Apply/remove Words underline (only words, no spaces)- Ctrl+Shift+W

Apply/remove All capitals– Ctrl+Shift+A

Apply/remove Small capitals- Ctrl+Shift+K

Change between All upper, First letter upper and All lower-case- Shift+F3

Reveal Formatting (style of the fonts and paragraph)- Shift+F1

Apply/remove Highlight Text- Ctrl+Alt+H

PARAGRAPH STYLE

Right-align paragraph- Ctrl+R

Left-align paragraph- Ctrl+L

CEnter-align paragraph –Ctrl+E

Justify-align paragraph- Ctrl+J

Increase hanging indenT (Spacing at the beginning of a paragraph) – Ctrl+T

Decrease hanging indenT(Spacing at the beginning of a paragraph)- Ctrl+Shift+T

Set line-spacing to single-space- Ctrl+1

Set line-spacing to double-space- Ctrl+2

Set line-spacing to 1.5- Ctrl+5

Add or remove one line space preceding a paragraph – Ctrl+0 (zero)

UNDO REDO

Undo the last action- Ctrl+Z

Redo the last action- Ctrl+Y

COPY PASTE

Copy selected text or object- Ctrl+C

Cut selected text or object- Ctrl+X

Paste selected text or object- Ctrl+V

Copy text format (Size, Font and Style of the Text)-Ctrl+Shift+C

Paste text format (Size, Font and Style of the Text)- Ctrl+Shift+V

INSERT SYMBOL/OBJECT

Insert Symbol Menu – Alt+N+U

Insert Registered Trademark (®) symbol- Alt+Ctrl+R

Insert trademark symbol (™) symbol- Alt+Ctrl+T

Insert horizontal ellipsis (…) symbol – Alt+Ctrl+.

Insert paragraph break- Enter

Insert line break without breaking paragraph- Shift+Enter

Insert page break- Ctrl+Enter

Insert a Footnote- Alt+Ctrl+F

Insert an EnDnote- Alt+Ctrl+D

Insert a HyperlinK– Ctrl+K

FIND AND REPLACE

Find a word- Ctrl+F

Find a word and Replace with another word- Ctrl+H

DELETE

Delete one character to the right / to the left (or delete selection)- Delete/Backspace

Delete one word to the right / to the left- Ctrl+Delete/Ctrl+Backspace